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  • That said, it's worth looking out for porcelain and ceramic figures the Royal Factory at Capodimonte is just outside the city as well as cameos made from seashells.

    A Business Traveler's Guide to Naples Jeff Mills 2011

  • I used to watch the Home Shopping Network at night when I couldn't sleep, and they would go on and on about Capodimonte porcelain flowers.

    Sunday Sweets: Candy!! Jen 2009

  • The great glory of the pictures on view is Titian's Danaë from the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, which is here exhibited in the United States for only the second time.

    Venice: The Masters in Boston Butterfield, Andrew 2009

  • For instance, Charles the Bourbon king of Naples was so protective of the secrets of his Capodimonte factory that when he acceded to the throne of Spain he took all his workmen with him and demolished it.

    Fine Points of Table Art 2009

  • Esposito was set to work in the kitchens of the hilltop palace of Capodimonte where the queen was residing.

    Delizia! John Dickie 2008

  • Ms. Neilson, the Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow at the Frick Collection in New York City, where "Antea" hangs on loan from Naples's Museo di Capodimonte, puts forth and dismantles one theory after another about this subtly erotic figure on the cusp of womanhood.

    This Beauty Still Beguiles Amy Finnerty 2008

  • I was ferried away up the steep slopes of the old city towards Capodimonte.

    The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

  • I was ferried away up the steep slopes of the old city towards Capodimonte.

    The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

  • King Humbert in the royal palace of Capodimonte near Naples.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

  • Adriana asked, 'Is it true that she is not allowed to come here any more than she was permitted to go to Capodimonte and Marta?'

    Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day Ferdinand Gregorovius

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