Royal Palace of Portici elephants in Italy

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Royal Palace of Portici
Type	private
Country	Italy
Related persons
Owner	-: Ken Jensen -: Ken Jensen -: Ken Jensen -: Charles III of Spain

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Record history
History of updates	2022-04-16

Latest document update	2022-04-16 05:13:22

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Royal Palace of Portici elephants, Italy .

Comments / picturesThe Royal Palace of Portici (Reggia di Portici or Palazzo Reale di Portici; Neapolitan: Reggia ‘e Puortece) is a former royal palace in Portici, Southeast of Naples along the coast, in the region of Campania, Italy. Today it is the home of the Orto Botanico di Portici, a botanical garden operated by the University of Naples Federico II. These gardens were once part of the large royal estate that included an English garden, and a zoo including the well-known "elephant of Portici", which Charles III of Spain obtained in 1742 from the Ottoman Turkish sultan Mohammed V in exchange for tables of fine marble.

The Palace\'s park, called Giardino della Regina, originally extended from Pugliano towards Vesuvius down to Granatello, towards the sea. It was divided into two parks, the lower having spacious avenues surrounding English gardens. It held works of art including the Fountain of the Sirens (Fontana delle Sirene), the Kiosk of King Carlo (Chiosco di Re Carlo) the Fountain of the Swans (Fontana dei Cigni), and an amphitheatre.

In the upper park was Charles\'s private zoo with kangaroos, an elephant, two lions, two panthers, four antelopes, an African lioness, a puma, two American tapirs and a porcupine. This novelty was kept by King Ferdinand who maintained that it was to remain on show to foreign dignitaries.

References for records about Royal Palace of Portici

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Royal Palace of Portici, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=3640. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Portici

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