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The apartments of Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, inside the Royal Villa, represent one of the most important example of Empire Style in Italy, developed during the Napoleonic era, the aesthetic is characterised by numerous visual references to Imperial Rome and the Egypt of the Pharaohs.
The 17th century Villa Reale di Marlia lies in the heart of Tuscany, near Lucca, in an exceptional location at the foot of the Pizzorne hills. Home in the 19thcentury to Napoleon’s sister and Duchess of Lucca Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, the 16-hectare estate of Villa Reale is encircled by high walls, seemingly protecting it from the passing of ...
21 cze 2020 · La Villa di Marlia è un complesso monumentale nella campagna di Lucca: oltre alla villa in stile neoclassico, recentemente restaurata, vanta uno splendido parco che deve il suo aspetto romantico a Elisa Baciocchi, sorella di Napoleone Bonaparte.
In 1806 the sister of Napoleon, Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi Princesse Française, purchased the entire complex. She acquired the adjacent Villa del Vescovo with its sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance garden and grotto, and other bordering properties, which doubled the estate's size.
Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi was the most enterprising and ambitious of the Napoleon's sisters. She was born in Ajaccio on the 3rd of January in 1777 and she was baptized with the name of Maria Anna; the new name was imposed to herself by his brother Luciano.
Villa Reale di Marlia is a national monument as it was the royal palace during the short reign of Elisa Bonaparte (Napoleon's sister) as Princess of Lucca from 1806 through 1814, when she had to leave once Napoleon fell.
One of the most striking historic residences in Italy: Villa Reale – which includes Elisa Bonaparte’s luxury 19th century home, Parkland and a Chapel – has been brought back to its former glory thanks to a large scale restoration project.
