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In via S.Nicola is situated the house Fasulo, once house Sersale (with
remarkable ashlar portal and little balcony) in which lived Cornelia Tasso, the
sister of the poet Torquato and the wife of Marzio Sersale, who continued living
in this house, together with her sons Antonino and Alessandro, even after the
death of her husband. In July 1577 Torquato Tasso, escaped from the castle of
Ferrara, embarked in Gaeta and presented himself as the poet’s messenger
revealing his true identity only later. In the entrance hall, there are a vault
frescoed with armorial bearings, military trophies and an inscription dating
from the year 1651, in memory of the poet.
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