Villa Rosebery

The Villa Rosebery, Naples is near the Quirinal Palace in Rome and the estate Castelporziano one of the three residences of the President of Italy.

The Villa Rosebery is located in the district of Posillipo, directly on the Gulf of Naples. It is surrounded by a six -acre park. The estate has a small harbor.

History

First Owner of the villa was the Austrian Joseph von Thurn, Marinebrigadier the Bourbon fleet, who had acquired the land from 1801. At the highest point of the site, he had a small villa with private chapel and a garden create, calling them " Belvedere ". The extensive rest of the property was used for agricultural purposes or leased to farmers who cultivated vineyards and orchards there. Between 1806 and 1816, when the Kingdom of Naples fell to Napoleon, the property was confiscated by the French. 1817, after the fall of Napoleon and the return of the Bourbons to power, Thurn was indeed back his property, but decided to Villa and land for sale. The owners changed several times from now until the British statesman Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery acquired it in 1897. According to him, the villa received its present name.

1909 Rosebery gave the estate to the British government. The villa was now used as a residence of the British Ambassador to Italy and as a representative guesthouse. 1932 gave the British government the villa the Italian State. From this point, it served as the summer residence of the royal family. The Villa Rosebery Maria Pia, was born the first child of the Italian king Umberto of Savoy. Then the house was renamed " Villa Maria Pia ".

When the war ended, the Allies initially took over the villa, which got its former name Villa Rosebery again. Until 1949 it belonged to the Accademia Aeronautica, then stood empty for a while, until it was used again by the Italian government as one of the residences of the President.