Claudia Esposito
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
2 min readApr 19, 2024

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Palazzo Venezia, Naples

I believe that every day we are surrounded by art in all its forms: music, poetry, architecture, paintings, sounds.
Art manifests itself in everything that puts us at peace.
You can also stop looking for it, try not to notice it, but there will always be something that will make your heart vibrate, a sound that will make you see goosebumps, a writing that will evoke a memory.
One of my most recent contacts with art was at the Palazzo Venezia in Naples located in the historic center of Naples. The palace is the historical testimony of a set of political and economic relations, lasting over 400 years, that occurred between the then Republic of Venice and the Kingdom of Naples. The peculiarity of this place is given by its charming garden and the Casa Pompeiana, places that have been revitalized to host over time artistic events.
Much of the building can be visited for free, and serves as a place for permanent or temporary art exhibitions of applied arts (cribs or porcelain).
In addition, you can enjoy listening to classical music conceived for the dissemination of the musical heritage and the livelihood of the activities carried out at the palace itself in the form of self-financing and that makes the atmosphere even more magical.

Inside the palace there is a piano that can be played by guests who delight in the most ancient and recent pieces, reliving another era.
But what really takes your breath away is the secret garden. When you walk into this building, you have no sense that there could be this big garden behind it. His sight leaves you speechless. The garden has plants of all kinds and tables with chairs to sip a good coffee surrounded by nature, in total peace and away from the chaos of the city, living an almost fairy-tale and timeless experience.
I drank my coffee with a friend and in that half hour I rediscovered the pleasure of a slow life made of the sounds of nature, bonds and wonder of small things.

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