The garden.

Nature: source of artistic inspiration.
The magical U-shaped building hosting the I.A.M., the workshops schools and the library, holds in its inner court-yard a garden from which it is possible to see the wonderful gulf of Naples.
The garden retraces, in its essential lines, the plan of Italian formal garden and the presence of various exotic botanical species reflects the nineteenth-century taste.
This garden is important not only for its bothanical heritage but for its didactic purposes as well.
As matter of facts, Prince Filangieri and Palizzi wanted real nature examples to study (landscapes, plants, flowers, leaves and animals) in order for the students to learn life drawing, which would later be reflected in the artistic production.