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Giambattista della Porta's father was Nardo Antonio Della Porta, a man of considerable wealth and importance, owning both land and ships. Giambattista's mother was a sister of Adriano Guglielmo Spadafora, a man of learning who worked as a conservator in the archives in Naples.

From 1541 Nardo Antonio was in the service of Emperor Charles V as Scrivano di Mandamento, meaning he was the secretary to the Emperor responsible for civil appeals to the vicariate.

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Charles V was Holy Roman emperor and king of Spain at this time and his empire extended across Europe to the Netherlands, Austria and the Kingdom of Naples. Nardo Antonio owned three houses in and around Naples, one in the city itself, a villa in Due Porte in the hills northwest of the city, and a magnificent mansion at Vico Equense on the Gulf of Naples northeast of Sorrento.

Although no definite proof exists, since Giambattista exercised rights in the church at Vico Equense which were only for those born in the town