Villa Vannucchi, Villa in San Giorgio a Cremano, Italy

Villa Vannucchi is a monumental villa on the Miglio d'Oro in San Giorgio a Cremano. Its street facade, designed by Antonio Donnamaria, has giant stucco pilasters alternating with Corinthian lesenes and a double order of balconies with wrought-iron railings and curved pediments. The rear opens onto a formal garden laid out by Pompeo Schiantarelli in 1783, with a long avenue leading to a monumental fountain with four diagonal basins, from which fourteen radial paths cut through the grounds.

The villa was built in 1755 after Giacomo d'Aquino, Prince of Caramanico and a court official under Charles of Bourbon, purchased the land from the Imparato family. After years of neglect, the property was handed back to the public in 2006 following major restoration work.

The villa appears in the opening scenes of Massimo Troisi's film 'Ricomincio da tre', where Lello Arena shouts for Troisi. Troisi was from San Giorgio a Cremano, and the building also hosts cultural events. Under Gioacchino Murat the d'Aquino receptions, directed by Teresa Lembo, were famous for their excess of ice creams and refreshments.

The villa is open every day from 06:00 to 19:00. The park, restored in 2009, follows the layout of the 18th-century Carafa map, with a central avenue leading to a monumental fountain and fourteen radial paths. The rear facade opens onto the garden through arcades, loggias and porticoes.

The garden's layout follows the 18th-century Carafa map, with a long avenue from an exedra to a monumental fountain of four diagonal basins, from which fourteen paths radiate to the property's edge. The opening scenes of Massimo Troisi's 'Ricomincio da tre' were filmed here, with Lello Arena shouting for Troisi.