MUNICIPALITY OF VITULANO: RECOGNITION OF THE HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC VALUE OF THE NAME „MARMO DI VITULANO“, THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN BE USED TO DESIGNATE THE PRESTIGIOUS RED MARBLE USED BY VANVITELLI IN THE ROYAL PALACE OF CASERTA

20/07/2023

LGV Avvocati assisted the Municipality of Vitulano in a case concerning its famous red marble, which has been used in the construction of very important buildings, including the Royal Palace of Caserta, the Royal Palace of Naples and the Kremlin.

 

It is with great satisfaction that on 26 June an important settlement agreement was reached with the Ente Parco del Taburno Camposauro, in which the parties agreed to issue the following press release: „The Ente Parco del Taburno-Camposauro, in the person of its President, and the Municipality of Vitulano, in the person of its Mayor, specify and recognise that the names ‚Vitulano marble‘ or ‚Vitulano red marble‘ historically identify the material used by Vanvitelli to build the Royal Palace of Caserta, even if, at that time, this material was extracted indiscriminately from quarries now located in other municipalities of the Vitulano Valley, and even today it clearly identifies and marks the marble coming from the quarries located in the valley bearing the same name„.
It should also be pointed out that the Park Authority has undertaken to use the name „Vitulano Marble“ when communicating and disseminating information about the stone products obtained from all the quarries in the Vitulano Valley.
In this way, a dispute pending before the specialised section of the Court of Naples and initiated by a writ of summons from the Municipality of Vitulano, assisted by LGV Avvocati, has been settled.
With this settlement, the Municipality of Vitulano was able to reaffirm the historical and artistic value of its precious red marble, its denomination and its trademarks. In this context, LGV Avvocati also handled the registration of the „Marmi di Vitulano“ and „Rosso Vitulano“ certification trademarks, which are owned by the Municipality.