Rosa Vercellana
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Rosa Vercellana, 1st Countess of Mirafiori and Fontanafredda, commonly known as 'Rosina' and, in Piedmontese, as La Bela Rosin, was the mistress and later wife of Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy. De
Rosa Teresa Vercellana, the ‘Bela Rosina’
Vercellana's mausoleum in Turin.
Victor Emmanuel II with Rosa Vercellana and their children
Villa La Petraia
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Villa La Petraia is one of the Medici villas in Castello, Florence, Tuscany, central Italy. It has a distinctive 19th-century belvedere on the upper east terrace on axis with the view of Florence.
Rosa Vercellana
…castle of La Mandria, near Venaria. In 1864, the capital of Italy was moved from Turin to Florence, and Vercellana established herself there in the Villa La Petraia. Five years later, the King fell gravely ill at San Rossore, the royal estate near Pisa. Fearing death, on 18 October 1869, he hurriedly married his…
La petraia, veduta 02
Villa La Petraia, inner court
The Villa La Petraia garden