Villa Rosebery (Naples, Italy)

found: Work cat: 2012409426: Paliotti, Vittorio. I misteri di Villa Rosebery, 2012:p. 13 (located in Posillipo, Naples, the Villa Rosebery is currently a summer residence for the presidents of Italy) p. 37, etc. (the land was acquired by Austrian naval official Joseph von Thurn in the early 19th and used primarily as an agricultural estate; sold by his heirs in 1820, converted to residential use, and became known as Villa Serramarina) p. 53, etc. (renamed Villa Brasiliana, after the Brazilian wife of its next owner, Luigi di Borbone, brother of king Ferdinando II) p. 62 (known as Villa Delahante under its subsequent owner, Gustave Delahante) p. 68 (known as Villa Rosebery following its sale in 1897 to former British prime minister Lord Rosebery) p. 75 (ceded to the Italian State in 1932, the villa was used by the royal family and renamed Villa Maria Pia, after the king's granddaughter)

found: Presidenza della Repubblica website, viewed Jan. 27, 2016:The residences (Villa Rosebery: originated in the early 19th century and acquired the name "Villa Rosebery" in 1897; earlier name, Villa Serra Marina; British government gave it to Italian State in 1932; known from 1934-1946 as Villa Maria Pia; a law passed in 1957 included the villa among the property of the Presidency of the Republic)

found: Guida d'Italia del T.C.I. Napoli e dintorni, 1976:p. 325 (Villa Maria Pia, formerly Rosebery, donated to the State and reserved as a residence for the president of the Republic)