Empowering Women Through Art and Dialogue: The Floridiana Salon

The Regional Museum Directorate of Campania, supported by the cultural association 'Amici della Floridiana' and in collaboration with the foundation guide to culture, presents a salon entirely dedicated to women. Comprising art historians, teachers, writers, journalists, and actresses, it will welcome the public to the Villa Floridiana in three informal conversations. Starting from the life events of Lucia Migliaccio, Duchess of Floridia, to whom the Villa owes its name, the discussions will address the ever-relevant themes of the role of women, love, worldliness, and etiquette. On Saturday, March 23 at 10:30 AM - Lucia Migliaccio: the woman, the duchess. From the life of the Sicilian noblewoman born in Syracuse in 1770 to the women of today. The interventions will be curated by Amalia Bizzarro (art historian), Maria Grazia Vitelli (councilor of the Municipality of Naples), Santa di Salvo (journalist of the Mattino) and Mara Fortuna (writer). On Saturday, April 6 at 10:30 AM - Lucia Migliaccio and Ferdinand of Bourbon: love and marriage. From the union of Lucia and Ferdinand, a marriage of love, to love in all its forms. With interventions by Amalia Bizzarro, Antonella Romano (actress and artist), and Chiara Tortorelli (journalist and writer). On Saturday, May 18 at 10:30 AM - The Villa Floridiana, parties, and receptions. From the receptions of Lucia Migliaccio in Villa Floridiana to etiquette and the hospitality of yesterday and today. With interventions by Amalia Bizzarro, Paola Villani (department director and professor Suor Orsola Benincasa) and Laura Liguori (professor and writer).