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The Gulf of Naples was a particular locus of the development of Roman villas from roughly 50 BCE to 200 CE, where they were built as retreats and status symbols by senators and the like. [4] Of the many villas of this era discovered in Boscoreale , Naples, buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that also buried Pompeii , one now visible is ...
The Poggio Reale villa or Villa Poggio Reale was an Italian Renaissance villa commissioned in 1487 by Alfonso II of Naples as a royal summer residence. The Italian phrase "poggio reale" translates to "royal hill" in English.
The Villa Rosebery is one of the three official residences of the President of Italy (the other two being the Quirinal Palace in Rome and the Castelporziano country retreat outside Rome). It is located in Naples and its area covers 6.6 hectares (16.3 acres).
The villa since 1931 has housed the National Museum of Ceramics, Naples, also called the Museo Duca di Martina. [1] The Duke of Martina, second-born son of Riccardo and Maria Argentina Caracciolo, born in Naples in 1929, but moving to Paris where he began collecting decorative arts. His heirs donated the collection in 1911 to the city of Naples.
The Villa Pignatelli is a museum in Naples in Southern Italy. [1] The villa is located along the Riviera di Chiaia , the road bounding the north side of the Villa Comunale on the sea front between Mergellina and Piazza Vittoria.
The House of the Prince of Naples [1] [2] [3] is a Roman domus (townhouse) located in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii near Naples, Italy.The structure is so named because the Prince and Princess of Naples attended a ceremonial excavation of selected rooms there in 1898.
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Naples" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
One of the many fountains in the Villa Comunale of Naples. The Villa Comunale is a park in Naples, Southern Italy.It was built in the 1780s by King Ferdinand IV (later known as Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies) on land reclaimed along the coast between the main body of the city and the small port of Mergellina.