A BIT OF HISTORY

Countess Luciana was born Bonaparte Valentini in 1840 in Canino, Lazio. His mother, Princess Maria Alessandrina Bonaparte, was the penultimate of the ten children that Luciano, Napoleon's brother, had by Alexandrine de Bleschamp in the years in which, after the end of the "One Hundred Days" that had seen him again alongside Napoleon, he now lived alone and exiled to his Italian possessions.

Precisely in her mother's Florentine living room, Luciana, still very young, was fascinated by the strong personality of Count Zeffirino Faina and, a few months after their return to Perugia following the annexation of the city to the Kingdom of Italy, the two united in marriage on 4 April 1861 and the couple, after having welcomed their friends and relatives, with exquisite elegance, in the Villa dei Murelli, property of Count Faina, left for Paris.

Luciana inaugurated the living room of the Murelli villa, destined to continue the fame of the equally illustrious lounges of Princess Maria and a meeting place for the highest intellectual, artistic and political personalities of the time. The patrons describe the countess as courteous and pleasant in conversation, a cultivator of the good and the beautiful and modestly unaware of her genius and virtues. In addition to the frequent daytime and evening meetings, the halls of Villa Faina also opened for extraordinary and splendid parties, the most solemn of which coincided with the weddings of the two daughters Alessandra and Cristina and for the marriage of the eldest son Napoleon, who in August of 1892 he married the noblewoman Caterina Mocenni.

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A BIT OF HISTORY

The Countess Luciana was born Bonaparte Valentini in 1840 in Canino, Lazio. The mother, Princess Maria Alessandrina Bonaparte, was the penultimate of the ten children Luciano, Napoleon's brother, had had from Alexandrine de Bleschamp in the years in which, after the end of the "Hundred Days" that had seen him again alongside Napoleon, he now lived alone and exiled in his Italian possessions. Just in the Florentine living room of her mother, Luciana, still very young, was fascinated by the strong personality of Count Zeffirino Faina and, a few months after their return to Perugia following the annexation of the city to the Kingdom of Italy, the two joined marriage on 4 April 1861 and the couple, after having welcomed their friends and relatives, with exquisite refinement, in the Villa dei Murelli, property of Count Faina, left for Paris. Luciana inaugurated the living room of the Villa dei Murelli, destined to continue the fame of the equally illustrious rooms of the Princess Maria and a meeting place for the highest intellectual, artistic and political personalities of the time. The goers describe the countess courteous and pleasant in conversing, culotte of the good and the beautiful and modestly unaware of his talent and his virtues. In addition to frequent day and evening meetings, the rooms of the villa Faina also opened for extraordinary and splendid parties, the most solemn of which coincided with the marriages of the two daughters Alessandra and Cristina and for the marriage of the firstborn Napoleon, who in August 1892 he married the noblewoman Caterina Mocenni.