The Park of Capodimonte is the widest open space in Naples and it is on top of a small incline on north of the city. Inside the park there is the Royal Palace of Capodimonte, that houses one of the most important gallery in Italy with the paintings from the Farnese Collection, which counts among its masterpieces several works by first-class artists as Simone Martini, Masolino, Masaccio, Botticelli, Bellini, Raffaello, Tiziano, Lotto, Correggio, Parmigianino, i Carracci, Bruegel, El Greco, Guido Reni, Luca Giordano. Inside the Palace there is also the rich Gallery of Ottocento and the Collection of Ceramics and Porcelain from the Royal Factory of Capodimonte.

Inside the park, beyond the Royal Palace, there are also other buildings: the Royal Factory of Porcelain, that had been active from 1743 to 1771 (when it was moved into the Royal Palace of Portici) and that nowadays house a school of ceramics; the Church of San Gennaro, intended to give religious aid to the numerous colony of workers who lived in the park; the Casina dei Pincipi (Princes' House), built in 1828 as an outbuilding for the king's children; the Casino della Regina (Queen's House) from 1840, initially built for the Queen mother but turned to house for court and private parties; the Hermitage of Capuchins from 1819, that nowadays hosts a primary school.