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Palace Pignatelli is a fortified palace, which built some years before 1600 at the borders of a medieval village as centre for the collection of agricultural production. Granaries, cellars and a “maccheronaia”, according to what is written in a description of the feudal archive, are present inside the building. “castello ducale Pignatelli” is located not so far away from the palace, which takes its name from the last owners-feudatories, the dukes Pignatelli of Montecalvo, and it was completely abandoned at the beginning of the 19^th century, for then being refurbished between 1942 and 1970. It is possible to visit the magnificent “cortile d’armi”, the noble chapel and, just a few meters away, the Pignatelli residence, with a quadrilateral plant, dominated by a wide stone, outdoor, double flight staircase from which it is possible to reach the apartments. There is also a tower, a fortified tower, three quadrangular turrets and the garden with its numerous ornamental plants, flowerbeds and fish pool.

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