„L’air seul de Naples est un remède“
Les parcours napolitains du comte Charles-Joseph de Clary-Aldringen en 1816 et 1818-1820
Count Charles-Joseph of Clary-Aldringen (1777-1831) travelled down to Italy twice.In 1816, Naples was a stage on a journey dedicated to the arts and the landscapes of thepeninsula which was affected by political changes. From 1818 to 1820, staying in the Neapolitanbay with his family was more motivated by health concerns. The Count inheriteda princely estate mainly around the spa of Teplitz in North Bohemia. It thus gave hima precise point of comparison when he discovered the changes that had occurred in Naplesafter the Congress of Vienna. Our point is then to bring to light what the Count waslooking for when he came to Naples, his economic and social resources and the descriptionshe then sent to his relatives and friends in central Europe at the beginning of the19th century.
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