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Lacco Ameno

Province of Napoli, Region Campania, Italy

Lacco Ameno is situated at the northwest of the island of Ischia, in the Gulf of Naples, at the foot of Monte Epomeo. The name probably derives from the Greek word lakkos (=stone). The name Ameno, meaning "beautiful" was added in 1863 after a petition of the inhabitants to king Vittorio Emanuele II. The town is a much visited spa resorts, thanks to the so-called "Fonti di Santa Restituta" the patron saint of the town and also of the whole island of Ischia.

INFO: Population: ca. 4000 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 80076 -- Phone Area Code: 081 -- patron Saint: Santa Restituta celebrated on 16 May -- Frazioni & Località: Fango, Mezzavia, Pannella, Fundera

WHAT TO SEE
The Villa Arbusto, built in 1785 by Don Carlo Acquaviva, Duke of Atri, and purchased in 1952 by publisher and movie producer Angelo Rizzoli who sponsored the reconstruction of the ancient thermal bath, the construction of some big hotels and the restoration of Piazza Restituta in the town centre of Lacco Ameno. It hosts the Pithecusae Museum, and has splendid gardens.
The Pithecusae Archaeological Museum with many archaeological findings dating back from the Prehistory to the Romans Age.
The Angelo Rizzoli Museum with a picture gallery about Angelo Rizzoli’s stay on the island of Ischia.

EVENTS
16, 17 and 18 May, celebrations for Santa Restituta, whose body is kept in the sanctuary. According to the legend, in 304 AD Restituta, a citizen of Carthago in Africa, refused to abjure her Christian religion and was condemned to be burnt alive on a boat, which miraculously reached the San Montano Bay near Lacco.

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