Villa Floridiana

In June 1815 King Ferdinand IV of Bourbon bought for his wife Lucia Migliaccio, Duchess of Floridia, the estate of Prince Giuseppe Caracciolo di Torella, a large plot on the Vomero hill, where stood an imposing villa in honor of his wife, called Floridiana.

Paths and trails were a landscaped by the Director of the Botanical Garden Friedrich Dehnhardt that adorned the park with 150 species of plants, including oaks, pines, plane trees, palm trees, boxwoods, and a rich collection of camellias.Since 1927 the hall Floridiana houses a museum devoted to decorative arts: national museum of ceramics Duke of Martina.

The park is a dramatic alternation of meandering paths and shady groves, the beautiful camellia with large areas occupied by meadows and open toward the Gulf, in a fascinating synthesis of geometric elements typical of the Italian garden and solutions perspective of the garden English. To enhance the romantic atmosphere and picturesque park, Niccolini include a number of fake ruins, statues and architectural elements, some still exist. We recall, among other things, the Ionic temple, white tent with a central plan which, located at the edge of the garden terrace, with its columns framing stunning views of the city and the theater of verdure, elliptical shaped structure bounded by a low hedge of myrtle from trees on the fifth stage and a double staircase of Piperno in the audience.

The hall has a simple rectangular enriched by two short wings for delivery of service. The north facade, facing the mountain, grows linearly on two floors and, although the main one, is presented in a very sober. The facade facing south, however, under strong landslide soil, consists of three floors and promises to the sea.The glass doors of the second floor have a unique centering based on the Ionic capital, as are the capitals of the four Ionic pilasters, in correspondence of the central part of the facade will interrupt the flatness.Exemplary is the decoration, which still stands, the large gallery formed by simple stucco are in perfect harmony with the architectural simplicity of the outdoors. At the center of the longer walls two fireplaces with marble statuary Ionic columns topped by large mirrors. The ceiling paintings and works of Joseph Cammarano. the entrance to the villa is via Cimarosa Vomero neighborhood.