John Paul Getty III House (former)

This is Gurthalougha House home to John Paul Getty III. He was the eldest of the four children of John Paul Getty Jr. and Abigail (née Harris), and the grandson of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty.

At 3 AM on July 10, 1973, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III was kidnapped by members of an Italian organized crime ring called the ‘Ndrangheta.

Getty was found alive in a petrol station of Lauria, in the province of Potenza, on 15 December 1973, shortly after the ransom was reluctantly paid by his Grandfather.