The largest royal residence in the world, a World Heritage Site since 1997, an incredible architectural spectacle that can be witnessed at every step. We are talking about the Royal Palace of Caserta , the royal palace commissioned by the King of Naples Charles of Bourbon (1716-1788) in 1750 as the ideal center of the new kingdom of Naples released from the Spanish aegis and inaugurated in 1774. The construction
Defined “the Italian Versailles”, the project of the Royal Palace of Caserta was entrusted to the architect Luigi Vanvitelli (1700-1773), son of the most important painter of views, Gaspar Van Wittel, already active in Rome under Benedict XIV in the restoration of the dome of Saint Peter. The king asked that the project include, in addition to the palace, the park and the arrangement of the surrounding urban area, with the supply from a new aqueduct (Acquedotto Carolino) that would cross the annexed complex of San Leucio. The construction of the Royal Palace began with the laying of the first stone on January 20, 1752 and continued until 1759, the year in which Charles of Bourbon, the King of Spain died, left the kingdom of Naples to reach Madrid. After Carlo’s departure, the construction work slowed down considerably. Carlo Vanvitelli,The palace
Defined as the last great achievement of the Italian Baroque, the palace was finished in 1845. It consists of a complex of 1200 rooms and 1742 windows, covering an area of ​​about 47,000 m²: on the southern side, the palace is 249 meters long, 37.83 high, decorated with twelve columns. The main facade has a central forepart surmounted by a pediment; on the sides of the façade, where the longitudinal body of the building intersects with the transverse one, there are two other foreparts. The façade overlooking the garden is the same as the previous one, but has windows framed by fluted pilasters. In addition to the rectangular perimeter construction, the palace has, within the rectangle, two buildings that intersect in a cross and form four vast internal courtyards of over 3,800 m² each. Beyond the threshold of the main entrance to the palace there is a vast octagonal vestibule with a diameter of 15.22 meters, adorned with twenty Doric columns. To the right and left are the passages that lead to the internal courtyards, while at the front a triple portico leads to the topographical center of the palace. The park of the palace extends for 3 kilometers in length, with a south-north development, on an area of ​​120 hectares. At the center of the rear facade of the building, two long parallel avenues branch off between which a series of suggestive fountains interpose which, starting from the northern edge of the Italian garden, connect the English garden to this. To the right and left are the passages that lead to the internal courtyards, while at the front a triple portico leads to the topographical center of the palace. The park of the palace extends for 3 kilometers in length, with a south-north development, on an area of ​​120 hectares. At the center of the rear facade of the building, two long parallel avenues branch off between which a series of suggestive fountains interpose which, starting from the northern edge of the Italian garden, connect the English garden to this. To the right and left are the passages that lead to the internal courtyards, while at the front a triple portico leads to the topographical center of the palace. The park of the palace extends for 3 kilometers in length, with a south-north development, on an area of ​​120 hectares. At the center of the rear facade of the building, two long parallel avenues branch off between which a series of suggestive fountains interpose which, starting from the northern edge of the Italian garden, connect the English garden to this.The museum
The Museum of the Royal Palace of Caserta is the result of a series of installations that began in the early decades of the twentieth century, and precisely in 1919, when the Royal Palace was abandoned from the patrimony of the Crown of the Royal House of Savoy and became part of the patrimony of the State of Italy. Inside it is possible to visit the Terrae Motus Collection: established after the earthquake of 23 November 1980 that devastated Campania and Basilicata, it was born on the initiative and foresight of the Neapolitan gallery owner Lucio Amelio (Naples, 1931-1994), a personality of international fame. and a friend of many contemporary artists, and includes about seventy works by authors such as Joseph Beuys, Keith Haring, Anselm Kiefer, Andy Warhol and other Italian artists.

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