Reggia di Caserta Unofficial
The Royal Palace of Caserta (the Reggia) is the world largest one. From it was born the Neoclassical Architecture.
Royal Palace of Caserta Unofficial is the unofficial website of reference on the Royal Palace. Welcome!
The Royal Palace of Caserta, created by Luigi Vanvitelli, is the symbol of the Bourbon of Naples and of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
It is not only the largest royal palace in the world, but also the most copied one.
The Royal Palace
Discover the architecture of the Palace, the Staircase of Honor and the marvelous interiors of the Rooms of the Reggia, the Palatine Chapel, the Court Theater.
The Royal Park
Discover the Royal Park with its splendid fountains. Also discover the Carolino Aqueduct, the San Leucio Belvedere and the San Silvestro Oasis.
The Royal Palace
Discover the architecture of the Palace, the Staircase of Honor and the marvelous interiors of the Rooms of the Reggia, the Palatine Chapel, the Court Theater.
The Royal Park
Discover the Royal Park with its splendid fountains. Also discover the Carolino Aqueduct, the San Leucio Belvedere and the San Silvestro Oasis.
Highlights
History of the Palace
The Staircase of Honor
The Halls
The Palatine Chapel
The Court Theater
The Parterre
The Fountains
The English Garden
The Carolino Aqueduct
The Architect Luigi Vanvitelli
History of the Royal Palace of Caserta
The life and works of the Architect, the history of the Royal Palace and the Bourbons, articles on art history of art and ancient documents browsable online.
Art
The art collections of the Royal Palace of Caserta: ancient paintings, the Terrae Motus modern art collection, the objects of the Bourbons. Learn the history of art and antiques.
THE PALACE IN THE MOVIES
The Royal Palace has always been used as a movie set. Discover all the films, and also see documentaries on the Palace.
The coat of arms of the Bourbons of Naples
The relevance of the Royal Palace of Caserta
History, avant-garde, magnificence, wild nature, contemporary art, socialism. The Palace of Caserta was the dream of King Charles of Bourbon and Queen Maria Amalia of Saxon.
This is the largest and the most copied royal palace in the world, among the main Cultural Heritage in Italy and Unesco heritage, and it revolutionized the world architecture thanks to the genius of Luigi Vanvitelli, the greatest Italian architect of the XVIII century. He designed a new city, Caserta, whose palace was its centerpiece, and its architectural style was so imitated that turned the baroque into the neoclassical architecture, and being ahead of its time about the future concept of form follows function, he laid the foundation of contemporary architecture.
The complex of the Palace also includes the silk manufacture and the relative Belvedere of San Leucio, where the first form of socialism was born and the gender equality was created, and in addition there is also the WWF’s San Silvestro Oasis, the ancient forest for hunting of the King.
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Plan the Visit
Plan the visit to the Royal Palace of Caserta