{"id":17405,"date":"2022-06-16T14:39:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T01:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shop.movery.it\/principedicardito-pozzuoli\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T16:54:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T15:54:05","slug":"principedicardito-pozzuoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/principedicardito-pozzuoli\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prince of Cardito and his love for Pozzuoli."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/principedicardito-pozzuoli\/#Cenni_sulla_vita_del_Principe_di_Cardito\" title=\"Notes on the life of the Prince of Cardito\">Notes on the life of the Prince of Cardito<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/principedicardito-pozzuoli\/#Le_Opere_pubbliche_e_lamore_per_la_citta_di_Napoli_e_di_Pozzuoli\" title=\"Public Works and love for the city of Naples and Pozzuoli.\">Public Works and love for the city of Naples and Pozzuoli.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/principedicardito-pozzuoli\/#Il_%E2%80%9Cluogo_di_delizie%E2%80%9D_della_Villa_di_Pozzuoli\" title=\"The &quot;place of delights&quot; of the Villa of Pozzuoli\">The \"place of delights\" of the Villa of Pozzuoli<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/principedicardito-pozzuoli\/#Piscina_Cardito\" title=\"Cardito Swimming Pool\">Cardito Swimming Pool<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>During the nineteenth century, a key figure of the <trong><strong>Neapolitan Risorgimento<\/strong>: <strong>Lodovico Venceslao Loffredo<\/strong>. Known mainly by the name of his high aristocratic office, the <strong>Prince of Cardito<\/strong> was a noble humanist, philanthropist and patron of the arts. <\/trong><\/p>\n<p><trong>Passionate about <strong>natural sciences<\/strong> and character of great culture, in fact he fought to spread knowledge as much as possible and took care to support the most fragile social groups of the time. He obtained prestigious offices and thanks to him important public works were carried out throughout the territory of his vast fiefdom, with special attention to the<strong>phlegrean area<\/strong> and to the city of <strong>Pozzuoli<\/strong>, where he erected a spectacular <strong>villa<\/strong>, his summer home.<\/trong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cenni_sulla_vita_del_Principe_di_Cardito\"><\/span>Notes on the life of the Prince of Cardito<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Lodovico Venceslao Loffredo was born in Naples on April 5, 1758. Of <strong>noble<\/strong> lineage, Lodovico was the sixth and last Prince of Cardito, as well as <strong>marquis of Monteforte<\/strong>. When his father Nicholas Mary died, he inherited the titles and the vast area of feudal estates. Consider that his <strong>fief<\/strong> extended from the area of <strong>Garibaldi Square<\/strong> in Naples to Pozzuoli, including inland towns such as Frattamaggiore, Afragola, Caivano, Carditello, and Cardito to the Monteforte area of Irpinia. Enrolled in the <strong>Golden Book Napolitano<\/strong>, register of Parthenopean nobility, the family of the princes of Cardito represented one of the worthy supporters of the dynasty of the <strong>Bourbon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Lodovico was passionate about natural sciences and medicine but also devoted himself to economics and political affairs. He carried out important <strong>diplomatic assignments<\/strong> and traveled between Denmark, Prussia, France and Tuscany. During the reign of the Bourbons, he was also ascribed to the <strong>orders of knighthood<\/strong>. In 1805 he was sent to Milan, together with the then foreign minister, during the coronation of <strong>Napoleon<\/strong> to <strong>kings of Italy<\/strong> for a delicate political affair. The Prince of Cardito intended to come to an agreement with the new king so that the latter would not invade the territory of the Kingdom of Naples. Ferdinand IV's wife, Queen <strong>Maria Carolina of Austria<\/strong>, however, was not supportive of the Napoleonic reign, and the new king had already been made aware of the political intrigue. For this reason Lodovico was denigrated several times by Napoleon and failed. A year later the French army invaded Naples while the Bourbons took shelter in Sicily.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince of Cardito will <strong>withdrew from public life<\/strong>, devoting himself to the sciences and his fiefdom. In 1815, political events were reversed, the Bourbons returned to Naples, and Lodovico was appointed first partner and then <strong>president<\/strong> of one of the most prestigious institutions of the time: the <strong>Royal Institute of Encouragement<\/strong>. For his great <strong>dedication to research<\/strong> and to the <strong>culture<\/strong>, obtained the <strong>general direction<\/strong> of <strong>Education Commission of the Mid-South<\/strong>, while in 1817 he was received by King Ferdinand IV as his <strong>contributor<\/strong> at <strong>Chancery Council<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Le_Opere_pubbliche_e_lamore_per_la_citta_di_Napoli_e_di_Pozzuoli\"><\/span>Public Works and love for the city of Naples and Pozzuoli.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Among his most important public works and social actions, it should be mentioned that it was thanks to Prince Lodovico Venceslao Loffredo was <strong>open to students<\/strong> the <strong>University Library<\/strong>, as well as the i<strong>stitution of the chair<\/strong> at the<strong>University<\/strong> <strong>chemistry<\/strong> applied to the arts. The prince was a great s<strong>ostender of the weaker classes<\/strong> such as orphans, for whom he opened two <strong>orphanages<\/strong>: one in Cardito and the other in Monteforte. Among his projects was the construction of a <strong>shelter for noble women<\/strong> whose name had lapsed as a result of political events. That facility, however, was never opened because the funding for such a project (7,000 of the 18,000 ducats annual income) was deemed too expensive by his heir.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Lodovico never had any children so he left all his possessions to <strong>Marianna Loffredo<\/strong>, daughter of Gerardo and wife of Don Francesco Caracciolo. In honor of her passion for the natural sciences, new items enriched the collections of the<strong>Botanical Garden of Naples<strong> <\/strong><\/strong>of those years. Particular interest was devoted to the area of the Phlegraean Fields where the Prince of Cardito promoted, at his own expense, archaeological research and important building works. Lodovico had an ancient <strong>cistern from the Roman era<\/strong>, still known today as the <strong>Cardito Swimming Pool<\/strong>. He also financed the construction of the <strong>road<\/strong> which connected the areas of <strong>Bay<\/strong>, <strong>Miseno<\/strong>, <strong>Mount of Procida<\/strong> and the <strong>Lake Fusaro<\/strong>, also ordering the <strong>restoration <\/strong>of the ancient<strong> Port of Miseno<\/strong>. He died on September 15, 1827 at his favorite residence: the <strong>Villa of Pozzuoli<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Il_%E2%80%9Cluogo_di_delizie%E2%80%9D_della_Villa_di_Pozzuoli\"><\/span>The \"place of delights\" of the Villa of Pozzuoli<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Prince of Cardito loved to stay in the coastal area of the Kingdom of Naples. His possessions included his official residence in Naples, a princely house that stood in <strong>Via Chiaia<\/strong> 271 with horses, carriages and servants, as well as a <strong>Palace<\/strong> near the <strong>Monastery of Donnaregina<\/strong>. In 1801 he also purchased another residence, which became his favorite: the spectacular Villa di Pozzuoli.<\/p>\n<p>The villa stood on a small rise set right in front of the sea, in an enchanting <strong>garden<\/strong> private with wide avenues of myrtle and many flowers of exotic plants never before seen by locals, who described the residential complex as \"<strong>place of delights<\/strong>\". Along the paths were encountered <strong>statues <\/strong>and <strong>busts<\/strong> alternating with the <strong>sixteen fountains<\/strong> that gladdened the walk with fantastic water features. The villa's interiors were opulent and finely decorated, enhanced by paintings, balconies, and a large loggia. The structure also included a <strong>stable<\/strong> with horses and a small <strong>carriage collection<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Piscina_Cardito\"><\/span>Cardito Swimming Pool<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In <strong>Old San Gennaro Street<\/strong> in Pozzuoli, it is possible to visit a large cistern from Roman times, called the Cardito Pool. At one time the cistern was known by the Latin term of <strong>cisternae veteres<\/strong> (ancient cistern), but it was in honor of the Prince of Cardito, its last owner, that the structure assumed its present name.<\/p>\n<p>During the imperial age it supplied water to much of the city, being <strong>connected<\/strong> at the<strong>Campanian Aqueduct<\/strong> of <strong>Serino<\/strong>. The water arrived by means of an articulated <strong>pipeline network<\/strong> that channelled it first to a single room and then to well <strong>fourteen tanks<\/strong> secondary where, through a sedimentation process, it was cleaned of debris and impurities. The cistern is topped by a <strong>vault with trapdoors<\/strong>, supported by <strong>thirty pillars<\/strong>. The interiors are lined with <strong>opus signinum<\/strong>, a mortar called <strong>earthenware<\/strong>, used to make the surface waterproof.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovering the Prince of Cardito. 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