Editing Naples (section)

==== Parks, gardens, villas, fountains and stairways ====
{{Main|Villas in Naples|Stairways in Naples|List of fountains in Naples}}
[[File:FantanaSantaLucia2.jpg|thumb|[[Villa Comunale]]]]
Of the various [[park|public parks]] in Naples, the most prominent are the [[Villa Comunale]], which was built by the Bourbon king [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies|Ferdinand IV]] in the 1780s;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~jmatthew/naples/blog19.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030829022247/http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~jmatthew/naples/blog19.htm |archive-date=29 August 2003 |publisher=Faculty.ed.umuc.edu |title=Villa Comunale |date=8 January 2008}}</ref> the park was originally a "Royal Garden", reserved for members of the royal family, but open to the public on special holidays. The Bosco di [[Palace of Capodimonte|Capodimonte]], the city's largest green space, served as a royal hunting reserve. The Park has 16 additional historical buildings, including residences, lodges, churches, fountains, statues, orchards and woods.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.museocapodimonte.beniculturali.it/information-en/ |title=Information en |access-date=13 July 2018 |archive-date=5 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605153709/http://www.museocapodimonte.beniculturali.it/information-en/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Another important park is the [[Parco Virgiliano]], which looks towards the tiny volcanic islet of [[Nisida]]; beyond Nisida lie [[Procida]] and [[Ischia]].<ref name="parkvirg">{{cite news |url=http://events.skyteam.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=32829 |publisher=SkyTeam.com |title=Parco Virgiliano |date=8 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003085052/http://events.skyteam.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=32829 |archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref> [[Parco Virgiliano (Mergellina)|Parco Virgiliano]] was named after [[Virgil]], the classical Roman poet and Latin writer who is thought to be [[Virgil's tomb|entombed]] nearby.<ref name="parkvirg" /> Naples is noted for its numerous stately [[villa]]s, fountains and [[Stairways in Naples|stairways]], such as the [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] [[Villa Floridiana]], the [[Fountain of Neptune, Naples|Fountain of Neptune]] and the [[Pedamentina di San Martino|Pedamentina stairway]].