Villa Floridiana

The Villa Flori Diana is a neoclassic villa surrounded by a large park in the Vomero, Naples, Italy.

History

In June 1815 bought Ferdinand IV of Naples on the ground on the Vomero hill as a summer residence for his wife Lucia Migliaccio, Duchess of Floridia, in whose honor the plant bears the name Flori Diana.

Between 1817 and 1819 the building was under the architect Antonio Niccolini and rebuilt neoclassical created the surrounding gardens in the style of Romanticism.

The gardens were furnished by the Director of the Botanical Garden, Friedrich Dehnhardt with a variety of trees such as oaks, pines, plane trees, palms, cypresses and an extensive collection of camellias.

Museo Nazionale della Ceramica Duca di Martina

Since 1927, home to the Villa Flori Diana the Museo Nazionale della Ceramica Duca di Martina, an extensive collection of majolica and porcelain artworks. In addition to porcelains from European manufacturers, the museum also has an impressive collection of Oriental art with Chinese and Japanese porcelain, works of art made ​​of bronze, jade and enamel.