Welcome to the site Napoliforme

A green area par excellence in the Vomerese hills, the park surrounds the neoclassical villa purchased by King Ferdinand I of Bourbon as a gift for the Duchess of Floridia, Lucia Migliaccio, his second wife. The layout of the park, an extraordinary integration of architecture and gardens, follows the romantic trend of the English garden: sinuous paths, shady areas, impervious stretches, sudden scenic openings with isolated architectural elements that integrate the natural context. A search for evocative solutions that give the areas of the park specific characteristics, such as the cultivated area with camellia trees, the Ionic temple located on the extreme western slope dominating the landscape below, or the little theatre of 'verzura' in a raised area, an apparently natural theatre with an elliptical layout, with a piperno staircase for spectators surrounded by myrtle hedges. Pines, magnolias, lime trees, gingo, camellias, downy oaks, camphor trees, liriodendrons, cycas, grevilleas, auracarias, plane trees, cedars, laurel, maples, holm oaks are part of the park's green heritage; near the main building the garden is laid out in a more regular, neoclassical style. The Duca di Martina Ceramics Museum has been housed in the villa since 1927.