Mostra d’Oltremare urban park and its botanical heritage

The aim of this study is to investigate and retrace the stages of the significant and progressive transformations of the botanical heritage in Naples’ Mostra d’Oltremare. In 1940 the “I Mostra Triennale delle Terre Italiane d’Oltremare” was inaugurated, for the will of the fascist government. The exhibition grounds, an urbanism and architectural pride, represent today an excellent union of architecture, urbanism and biodiversity protection, and it was built according to the city plan written by architect Marcello Canino (1895 - 1970). The Exposition represent one of the most significant green interventions of the twentieth century in Naples was made. The executive design of the green spaces was entrusted to the architects L. Piccinato (1899 - 1983) and C. Cocchia (1903 - 1993).