{"id":1089,"date":"2025-06-26T12:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lacittadelledonne.org\/caserta-and-womens-rights\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T16:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:17:06","slug":"caserta-and-womens-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lacittadelledonne.org\/en\/caserta-and-womens-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Caserta and Women\u2019s Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1089\" class=\"elementor elementor-1089 elementor-14\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d6bc8a3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3d6bc8a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b7338c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b7338c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-705e038b elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"705e038b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Caserta and Women\u2019s Rights<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67f65ff elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67f65ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the hill overlooking the Royal Palace of Caserta stands the village of San Leucio. Here, fascinated by the beauty of the place, the Bourbon dynasty <strong>founded in 1776 the Royal Colony of San Leucio<\/strong>, which soon became a global reference point both for the excellence of its silk production and for its groundbreaking social model, built on values that were revolutionary for the age.<\/p><p><strong>The San Leucio community placed women at the center of economic and social innovation<\/strong>, anticipating by more than a century many of the social achievements that would emerge only in the twentieth century.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-227ae60c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"227ae60c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bb188b4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7bb188b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e208c7f elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e208c7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>In 1789, a Statute was issued to establish the founding principles of the community<\/strong> and regulate its internal life. The innovative impact of the <strong>Leucian Code<\/strong> was extraordinary San Leucio became a prosperous and harmonious place of work, education, and collective life. <\/p><p>Here stood the first compulsory vocational school for both girls and boys. <\/p><p>Here, healthcare was guaranteed for all. <\/p><p><strong>Here, for the first time in the world, gender equality was officially established. <\/strong> In legal, administrative, work-related, social, and family matters, women held the same rights as men.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e554951 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e554951\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6687f1fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6687f1fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1177\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lacittadelledonne.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Livello_2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1087\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lacittadelledonne.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Livello_2.jpg 1177w, https:\/\/www.lacittadelledonne.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Livello_2-768x705.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1177px) 100vw, 1177px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fecc90e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7fecc90e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eac9dc4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2eac9dc4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f52eb09 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f52eb09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the Royal Colony, women were worth exactly as much as men under the law, and marriages could be formed out of affection rather than parental arrangement. <\/p><p>Dowries were abolished by law. <\/p><p>Education was compulsory for all starting at six years old.<\/p><p>Within the San Leucio silk factories, men and women enjoyed equal rights and duties.<br> Women played a central role in silk manufacturing, receiving the same training and remuneration as men.<br><\/p><p>This system ensured the economic self-sufficiency of each family and granted women a recognized profession, e<strong>nhancing the contribution of women to society and the economy.<\/strong><\/p><p>For this extraordinary history and its far-reaching achievements, U<strong>NESCO awarded San Leucio the title of World Heritage Site.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bf7ec65 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1bf7ec65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22d9c54a elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22d9c54a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u201cCaserta \u2013 The City of Women\u201d<\/strong> inherits and reinterprets this <strong>vision of progress and well-being<\/strong>, becoming a beacon that highlights and elevates female excellence as a fundamental resource for the advancement and welfare of society. <\/p><p>A journey between past and future, where historical lessons intertwine with innovation, paying tribute to the <strong>\u201cladies of silk\u201d women of remarkable strength, capable of following the threads of history and asserting themselves with personality and determination.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caserta and Women\u2019s Rights On the hill overlooking the Royal Palace of Caserta stands the village of San Leucio. 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