A few pictures about the Royal Palace of Naples
Royal Palace of Naples, brief history
The Royal Palace of Naples was the historical residence of the Spanish Habsburgs, then later of the Napoleon Bonaparte and then the Bourbons. The Royal Saint Charles theatre building, located partly on Trieste e Trento square (Piazza Trieste e Trento), is also part of it.
The construction of the royal residence made in Baracco and Neoclassical style began in 1600, when the viceroy of Naples Fernando Cruz de Castro decided to build a royal palace on the occasion of a visit by King Philip III of Habsburg. Unfortunately, the sovereign of Spain never went to the city of Naples.
From that moment, it was the seat of the viceroys of Spain of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty and for a short period (from 1713 to 1734) of the Austrian Habsburgs, then it was the seat of the Napoleon Bonaparte and then Spanish Bourbon dynasty.
Among the builders of the Royal Palace of Naples we can remember Domenico Fontana, Gaetano Genovese and Luigi Vanvitelli.
When the Bourbons came to the throne the Palace was extended and medicated, it was enlarged towards the sea, the internal courtyards, the hanging gardens were built and the royal apartments were modified.
In 1737 work began on the construction of the Royal Saint Charles theatre and it was inaugurated in 1768, during the wedding of King Ferdinand IV of Bourbon and Maria Carolina of Austria.
The last works ended in 1858, bringing the entire royal palace of Naples to the appearance we see today.
