Today we remain in Naples and precisely in Posillipo; we are in Via Ferdinando Russo, a road that starts from Via Posillipo and arrives at the sea, in a small and pretty cove called Riva Fiorita, with a small harbor enclosed by a cliff and a sequence of period buildings. Among these stands Villa Volpicelli, of which we have news as early as the 1600s and which in 1884 was purchased by Raffaele Volpicelli, who gave it its current appearance. Since 2004 it has been chosen to represent the exterior of Palazzo Palladini, the condominium in which most of the events of the Rai Tre soap opera Un posto al sole are set. Previously the external settings were shot in another Posillipo building. Let's see some pictures of this special place; the photos were taken on October 14 of this 2022:
And this red building is Palazzo Marino, which until the end of the First World War was used, in its basements and caves, as a deposit for gunpowder; between 1918 and 1932 it was purchased by Alfonso Marino and used as a condominium, softening the military aspect of the building, even with the loggia on the third floor:
As you can guess from the images, the Riva Fiorita cove is really tiny and difficult to access; to have the hope of finding a place for the car it is preferable to come on a weekday, also because the two restaurants and the bar overlooking the sea still attract many customers. But Via Ferdinando Russo is also important because there is the entrance to Villa Rosebery, the residence, with an adjoining park and marina, supplied to the President of the Republic when he is visiting Naples. From the site https://palazzo.quirinale.it/residenze/visita_vrosebery.html we draw this information: Dating back to the early 1800s, Villa Rosebery has had numerous owners including Louis of Bourbon, brother of King Ferdinand II. In 1897 it was acquired by the English statesman Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebery. Subsequently ceded to the Italian state, the property was made available to the princes of Piedmont. King Vittorio Emanuele III resided there for two years until 1946 when, after the abdication, he went into exile in Alexandria in Egypt leaving from the small port of the Villa. Since 1957 Villa Rosebery has become part of the endowment of the Presidency of the Republic which has provided for the conservative restoration of the places. Villa Rosebery is open to the public on special occasions, among which there are often the Days of the F.A.I. both in spring and autumn. The visit for people in wheelchairs is not very easy, given the steep slopes of the paths that descend to the sea; however, since this weekend of 15 and 16 October 2022 the villa is open to the public, we still offer you some pictures taken a few years ago, during our visit:
