Villa Caristo (SS106 to Scinà di Stignano) is a superbe
example of baroque architecture, built in XVIII century and ascribed
to an imitator of Vanvitelli or Sanfelice. In the past it belonged
to the noble Clementi family and today it belongs to the Caristo
family, who saved it from the ruin.
The villa has a two store structure
and its entrance is through a slender staircase
that leads to the second floor. In the front terrace there is a fountain
sormounted by a precious marble group
representing Clorinda and Tancredi, inspired to a writing from the
“Gerusalemme Liberata” by Torquato Tasso. The villa
is surrounded by a magnificent garden,
with several fountains and full
of olive, oaks and orange trees.
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