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ROYAL PALACE OF CASERTA, HISTORY AND LOT OF PHOTOS

Royal palace of Caserta, built by King Charles of Bourbon because he wanted a residence as beautiful as that of his French cousins, owners of Versailles.

Royal palace of Caserta, the residence of Bourbon family

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The Royal palace of Caserta is 61 thousand square meters with four internal courtyards. More than 40 meters high and spread over: 5 floors, 2 of which are underground.

Royal Palace of Caserta and the throne room

The statue of Hercules

The Royal Palace of Caserta' s throne room has a length of 40 meters and with the light entering through 6 windows you can admire the value of the gilding of the walls . Above, in the vault, one can notice the beautiful fresco by Gennaro Maldarelli: the groundbreaking for the construction of the royal palace of Caserta.

The Royal Palace of Caserta, the gardens

The Royal Palace of Apollo

In the garden of Royal palace of Caserta one finds the statue of the goddess Venus and Adonis, the protagonists of the story of Ovid, a Roman poet, that tells that the deity was accidentally hit by Cupid's arrow and she immediately fell in love with the young hunter. But the story ends in tragedy: the man died during a hunting trip and the Roman divinity cries because she has failed to save him.

The royal palace of Caserta and the grand staircase of honor

The staircase of honor

The royal palace of Caserta has a magnificent grand staircase of honor and here you can immediately noticet thre big statues. From left: Merit, a young man crowned with laurel, the Royal Majesty, King Charles of Bourbon and finally the Truth who, with her light, lights up even invisible things.

Palace of Caserta, the history of royal Bourbon residence.

The history of the Charles I of Bourbon's royal residence, since its construction to the present day.

The throne room

The throne room

Royal Palace of Caserta, how to get there.

 Address: Viale Douhet, 2/a, 81100 Caserta CE

  • Click here to get the Parking adjacent to the Royal Palace of Caserte

  • Hours: 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

  • Tuesday closed

  • Info and ticket: The official web site of Beni culturali

  • Contacts: +39 0823 44 80 84
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    Royal palace of Caserta, the huge violin shape. (Source photo: Google Maps) 

    Palace of Caserta, the characteristics and dimensions.

    It is located in Caserta, a city about 25 km north of Naples.
    The palace was built in Baroque style. The building has 5 floors, 1200 rooms with an area of about 47,000 m². It has a rectangular shape and it continues inside forming a cross and 4 large courtyards with an area of about  3.800 m² each one. 

    The Royal Palace of Caserta: included in the UNESCO World Heritage

    The Royal Palace of Caserta, the majestic palace with its beautiful gardens, is among the largest royal residences in the world. Since 1997, has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    The image Gallery of the royal palace of Caserta.

    Royal palace of Caserta: a brief history

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    The fresco of throne room: the laying of the foundation stone

    Charles of Bourbon, King of Naples (1716-1788), wanted a beautiful residence as much as the French of Versailles, he then gave the task to realize it to the architect Luigi Vanvitelli, who started the works in 1751. His successor to the kingdom of Naples was his son Ferdinand IV of Bourbon, who continued the work. Luigi Vanvitelli worked on it for years, until his death in 1773.
    From that moment there were other architects who continued the work on the Royal palace of Caserta, among them Carlo Vanvitelli, son of Luigi. It was then completed by the architect Gaetano Genovese in 1848.
    It took almost 100 years to complete it. But the Royal palace of Caserta was inhabited since 1780.

    The Royal Palace of Caserta and Parthenopean Republic

    In 1799 the Parthenopean Republic was born, so the Royal palace of Caserta and other properties were expropriated to the Bourbons. Many works of arts, precious objects and valuable furniture were also stolen.

    La reggia di Caserta e Napoleone Bonaparte.

    In 1806 Napoleon Bonaparte conquered the kingdom of Naples and he made his own brother, Joseph, the King of Naples, who made the royal palace of Caserta his new residence.

    In 1808 Napoleon also conquered Spain, who needed a new sovereign. Napoleon's brother then left the kingdom of Naples for the Spanish one.

    Napoleon made General Gioacchino Murat (his brother-in-law) the new king of Naples who also chose to reside in the majestic palace of Caserta.

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    The water's path

    In June 1815 Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo. There was also the Congress of Vienna (a meeting between the major European powers to restore the ancient regime of the Valois and the Bourbons).  So the kingdom of the 2 Sicilies was born and the power was given to the Bourbon family. New King was Ferdinand I (former king of Naples: Ferdinand IV of Bourbon). In this period most of that was stolen during the Parthenopean Republic was recovered.

    As below you'll find some YouTube videos, virtual tours on Google to see royals apartments, gardens of Royal Palace of Caserta

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    Video Royal Palace Caserta
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