The presence of centuries-old trees in Renaissance gardens is poorly documented. More interesting was their transformation into Tree Houses, as in the villa dedicated to the nymph Arethusa, built by Bernardino Martirano in Leucopetra in the 1530s. Already known for its nymphaeum and as a meeting place for intellectuals and humanists, the villa was purchased by the Prince of Caserta, Giulio Antonio Acquaviva, in 1590, and it was perhaps his son Andrea Matteo who had the tree house built, as described by the Spanish de Salcedo Coronel, who saw it between 1630 and 1632. Similar structures documented in Florence, in the Medici villas, and in Naples, highlight the persistence of cultural exchanges between the two cities, a circuit that had already been active since Aragonese times.
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Chapter Title
La villa di Bernardino Martirano a Leucopetra: da ritrovo di umanisti a luogo di delizie del principe di Caserta
Authors
Lucia Giorgi
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0854-3.11
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2025
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Book Title
NeaVia La villa napoletana. Antichità e natura tra Rinascimento e Barocco
Book Subtitle
Atti del Convegno Nazionale di studi
Editors
Maria Gabriella Pezone, Angela Michela Convertini
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Number of Pages
236
Publication Year
2025
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0854-3
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979-12-215-0853-6
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979-12-215-0854-3
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Series Title
Studi e saggi
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2704-6478
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2704-5919