Within the park, along with searching, the king had an extravagant residence constructed to dwell in together with his spouse, Maria Carolina of Austria, after they fled Naples in 1798.
That is the Palazzina Cinese, a villa in oriental model, with its 5 flooring, pagoda roof and portico supported by six marble columns, is hanging each for its magnificence and its eccentricity.
This authentic Royal refuge could be visited, and its inside is as uncommon because the exterior half, with its partitions adorned with silk panels with Chinese language motifs or trompe l’oeil frescoes. You can even uncover essentially the most intimate rooms, such because the bedrooms and even the king’s toilet, with a big marble bathtub. And naturally, the curious eating room with its mathematical desk, which allowed dishes to be introduced up from the kitchens on the decrease flooring.
Though many suppose that the title of the park, La Favorita, is as a result of it was the “favourite” place of the king, in actuality it appears that evidently its origin is because of one other form of favourite “issues”: girls.
t is believed that the “favourite” was the Duchess of Floridia and Partanna, Lucia Migliaccio, a Sicilian noblewoman who was additionally married. Even when it was love at first sight, clearly the connection remained clandestine, however lastly led to marriage when each widowed.
