Naples, Campania, Italy. The Villa Floridiana is a large park in the Vomero quarter. The gardens rear of the villa with pond turtles and the background the island of Capri. Today the park is one of the public parks in the city of Naples. The villa dates from 1816 when Ferdinand I of the House of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies, acquired the King then donated the property as the site for a vacation residence to his morganatic wife, Lucia Migliaccio Partanna, duchess of Floridia, from which the villa has taken its name.

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Naples, Campania, Italy. The Villa Floridiana is a large park in the Vomero quarter. The gardens rear of the villa with pond turtles and the background the island of Capri. Today the park is one of the public parks in the city of Naples. The villa dates from 1816 when Ferdinand I of the House of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies, acquired the King then donated the property as the site for a vacation residence to his morganatic wife, Lucia Migliaccio Partanna, duchess of Floridia, from which the villa has taken its name. The neoclassical residence and surrounding gardens were built between 1817-19. The Villa currently houses the Duke of Martina National Museum of Ceramics.

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Location: Naples, Campania, Italy
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