In it, Donnafugata is identified with the country properties, situated in the heart of the Belice Valley, that were owned by the Prince of Salina and, in particular, the palace at Santa Margherita, the setting of some of the most memorable scenes in the famous novel. It was here that the Habsburg queen and consort of Ferdinand IV of Bourbon, Maria Carolina, took refuge after her flight from the court in Naples upon the arrival of the Napoleonic troops of Murat. That event inspired the image of the head of a woman, her hair tossed about by the wind, that appears on each bottle of Donnafugata.