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CASERTA ROYAL PALACEThe Royal Palace of Caserta is a former royal residence in Caserta constructed for the Bourbon kings of Naples.
It was the largest palace erected in Europe during the 18th century. The construction of the palace was begun in 1752 for Charles VII of Naples, who worked closely with his architect Luigi Vanvitelli. The model for Vanvitelli's palace was Versailles, which provided for king, court and government in a massive building with the social structure of a small city. The Palace
The palace has a rectangular plan, measuring 247 x 184 m. The four sides are connected by two orthogonal arms, forming four inner courts, each measuring more than 3,800 m2. The palace has 1,200 rooms , including two dozen state apartments, a large library, and a theatre modelled after the Teatro San Carlo of Naples and more than 40 monumental rooms completely decorated with frescoes (Versailles only counts 22 monumental rooms with frescoes). The Royal palace of Caserta is the largest Roayl palace in the world , with more than 2 million m3 volume. At the end of World War II, the royal palace served as the seat of the Supreme Allied Commander. In April 1945 the palace was the site of the signing of terms of the unconditional German surrender of forces in Italy. Watch live streaming video from reggiadicasertatv at livestream.com
The Park
The garden stretches for 120 ha, partly on hilly terrain. It is also inspired by the park of Versailles. The park starts from the back facade of the palace, flanking a long alley with artificial fountains and cascades. There is a botanical garden, called "The English Garden". The fountains and cascades, each filling a vasca ("basin"), with architecture and hydraulics by Luigi Vanvitelli at intervals along a wide straight canal that runs to the horizon, include:
As at Versailles, a large aqueduct was required to bring water for the prodigious water displays. Cinema The Caserta Palace has been used as a filming location in a number of movie productions. It served as a filming location for the setting for Queen Amidala's Royal Palace on Naboo in film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones as Queen Jamilla's palace. The same room was also used in Mission: Impossible III as Vatican City.
The main staircase is also used in Angels & Demons as the Vatican's staircase. |
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UNESCO SITEThe Royal Palace at Caserta, together with with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex is listed in
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