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Vittoriale degli Italiani
The flamboyant hillside estate of the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, with a warship's bow in the garden.
- Open
- Every day; the house closes on Mondays in winter
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- Via Vittoriale 12, 25083 Gardone RivieraDirections
- Getting There
- A short walk uphill from Gardone Riviera's ferry pier.
Why Go
D'Annunzio, poet, war hero and showman, filled his house with thousands of objects and dark, theatrical rooms. The gardens hold his mausoleum, an open-air theater and the front of the cruiser Puglia, set into the hillside.
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