Within the park, along with searching, the king had an extravagant residence constructed to stay in together with his spouse, Maria Carolina of Austria, once they fled Naples in 1798.

 That is the Palazzina Cinese, a villa in oriental fashion, with its 5 flooring, pagoda roof and portico supported by six marble columns, is putting each for its magnificence and its eccentricity.

 This authentic Royal refuge might be visited, and its inside is as uncommon because the exterior half, with its partitions embellished with silk panels with Chinese language motifs or trompe l’oeil frescoes. You can even uncover probably 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 assume that the identify of the park, La Favorita, is as a result of it was the “favourite” place of the king, in actuality 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 resulted in marriage when each widowed.