Villa Pappone, Art Nouveau villa in Naples, Italy.

Villa Pappone is a four-storey multi-family house at via Mincio 13 in Naples, above Casale di Posillipo. Its facade carries Art Nouveau stucco ornament, and the entrance has a wrought-iron canopy and polychrome glass. The decoration is based on flower designs, and majolica tiles on the door jambs repeat the floral motif.

Villa Pappone was designed and built in 1912 for Francesco Pappone, a knight of the Order of Merit for Labour whose industrial activity was flower design. The Italian Wikipedia names Luigi Candido as the architect, while the French Wikipedia credits Gregorio Botta; both agree on the 1912 date and the patron. The villa stands on via Mincio, above the Casale di Posillipo.

The majolica tiles on the pillars and wrought iron canopy show Naples' local craftsmanship traditions visible in this house. These elements reflect an architecture that wove traditional artistic forms into residential design.

The house sits in the Posillipo district on a hillside and is easy to spot by its decorative elements and window patterns. Wear comfortable shoes since the area is hilly and streets can be quite steep in places.

The floral stucco and majolica ornament on the facade reproduces the flower designs that were the object of Francesco Pappone's industrial activity, so the decoration advertises the owner's own trade rather than being a generic Art Nouveau motif. The same flower pattern appears on the majolica tiles of the door jambs.