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ROYAL PALACE OF CASERTA

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HISTORY
HISTORY
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But before you enter, let me tell you a little of its history: this palace was built at the behest of Charles of Bourbon and his wife Amelia of Saxony starting in 1752. There was a strategic motive...
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EXTERIOR
EXTERIOR
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The Royal Palace's style marks the passage from late-Baroque architecture to the formal sobriety of early Neoclassicism. If you stand directly in front of it this will be quite clear: the architect...
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INTERIOR
INTERIOR
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Coming in from the main façade, the entrance opens up onto the immense lobby that continues along the palace and opens onto the inner courtyards; in the middle of the courtyards you'll see the...
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THRONE ROOM
THRONE ROOM
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Start listening from the Hall of Halberdiers. Just like those who sought an audience with the king in the 19th century, today you have to pass no less than five antechambers before you can enter the...
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INTRODUCTION TO THE QUEEN'S APARTMENTS
INTRODUCTION TO THE QUEEN'S APARTMENTS
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As you visit the rooms that were once inhabited by Queen Maria Carolina of Austria, wife of King Ferdinand IV, let me tell you something about the sovereign. First of all, you should know that when,...
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INTRODUCTION TO THE PALATINE LIBRARY
INTRODUCTION TO THE PALATINE LIBRARY
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Queen Maria Carolina of Habsburg, as I have already mentioned, was a woman of great culture, who espoused the ideologies of the Enlightenment and always tried to surround herself with artists and...
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PARK
PARK
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From here you can enjoy a very different setting than that of the immense and somewhat stern building: a green paradise immersed in the light of fantastic Mediterranean nature, with precious additions...
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