Italia Reggia di Caserta 4 Visiting the Palace2

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REGGIA DI CASERTA
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Visiting the Palace
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The Royal Palace of Caserta (Reggia di Caserta)
is a former royal residence constructed for the
Bourbon kings of Naples. Caserta is located 40
kilometres north of Naples
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The palace has 5 floors, 1,200 rooms, including
two dozen state apartments, a large library, and
a theatre modeled after the Teatro San Carlo of
Naples
Contemporary observers noted that the Caserta
surpassed all other royal palaces in Europe,
including its models, on one particular aspect
the combination of completeness and stateliness.
This is attributed to the spacious oval piazza in
front of the edifice's south side
Each floor measures approximately 47,000 m2, but
considering the five floors, the whole palace
measures 235,000 m2
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The room of the Halberdiers The room has a
terracotta tile floor with encaustic decoration
for a faux-marble effect, created using an
ancient local production technique. The walls
display trophies and arms, whilst the lintels are
in the form of female scagliola busts,
representing allegories of the arts
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The ceiling of the first antechamber of the
King's apartments is decorated with a fresco
depicting The arms of the House of Bourbon
supported by Virtue, painted in 1789 by Domenico
Mondo (1723-1806)
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Consoles on which stand marble busts of the
Bourbon queens
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"The Room of the Bodyguards" - the second
antechamber is also called the "Room of Stuccoes"
for its rich decoration. On the walls are 12
bas-reliefs made between 1786 and 1789 depicting
scenes from the second Punic War
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Scenes from the second Punic War
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The ceiling is decorated with a fresco depicting
The Glory of the Prince and the twelve provinces
of the Kingdom, by Girolamo Starace Franchis
(1730-1794). To the Right is a statue of
Alessandro Farnese dressed as a Roman commander
being crowned for the victory over the people of
Flanders and returning them to Roman Catholisism.
The statue is by Simone Moschino.
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Statue of Alessandro Farnese
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The Alexander Room is the third antechamber of
the King's apartments, dedicated to the famous
Macedonian warrior. The frescoes on the ceiling
were created in 1787 by Mariano Rossi with The
Marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxana, to
exalt the peace and prosperity of the kingdom.
The six lintels by Tito Angelini and Gennaro Calì
are also dedicated to Alexander the Great.
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The Alexander Room - The Victory of Charles of
Bourbon at the Battle of Velletri
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The room dedicated to Mars, god of war
monumental goblet in agate alabaster and
serpentine marble, given to Ferdinand II of
Bourbon by Pope Pius IX for the hospitality he
received during the period of the Roman Republic
(1848-1849)
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Clock by the Courvoisier Frères encased in a
female marble bust, perhaps representing Ariadne,
wife of the god Dionysus, the bronze tiara
crowning her head now lost
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The room dedicated to Mars, god of war, was used
as an "antechamber for nobility, barons of the
Kingdom, senior officials and foreign
intendants".
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Mars room
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The decoration of the room was commissioned by
Gioacchino Murat, who selected the architect
Antonio de Simone, with the aim of celebrating
the military might of the French who had brought
the Kingdom of Naples under Bourbon control
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Mars room
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Mars room
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The ceiling fresco depicting The Triumph of Mars
(1814) by Antonio Galliano
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Mars room
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Mars room
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Mars room
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Recently re-opened back rooms present interesting
artefacts from the Palace collection, some on
public display for the first time. These include
the stucco models for the sophisticated reliefs
in the Mars and Astraea rooms, some precious
neoclassical small bronzes, and the wooden models
for spaces in the Royal Palace.
Mars room ceiling
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The Astraea Room, once an "antechamber for
professional gentlemen, ambassadors, secretaries
of state and other privileged persons", takes its
name from the ceiling painting The Triumph of
Astraea, goddess of justice, a work by the French
painter, Jacques Berger.
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The Astraea Room
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The gilded stucco reliefs of Minerva as Reason
between Stability and Legislation, a work by
Valerio Villareale, and Astraea with Hercules and
the provinces of the Kingdom, a work by Domenico
Masucci, were placed on the end walls, which are
decorated with faux marble, in 1822.
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Hercules holds the Bourbon lily in one hand to
symbolise the union between the two families of
Farnese and Bourbon in the centre Astraea
carries a set of scales and a pendulum, symbols
of justice and equilibrium on the right is the
personification of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
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Astraea carries a set of scales and a pendulum,
symbols of justice and equilibrium
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The Triumph of Astraea, goddess of justice by
Jacques Berger
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The Astraea Room
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The Astraea Room
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The Astraea Room
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The Astraea Room
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The Astraea Room
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The Astraea Room
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The Astraea Room
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Sala del Consiglio
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Table in neo-baroque style by Raffaele Giovine,
with porcelain medallions
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Cornelia mother of the Gracchi by Francesco Oliva
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Abraham cast out Hagar and Ishmael in the
presence of Sarah and Isaac by Raffaele
Postiglione
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Sala del Consiglio
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Sala del Consiglio Pallas rewards the Arts and
Sciences through the Genius of Glory fresco by
Giuseppe Cammarano
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Sala del Consiglio the wall is covered in San
Leucio silk In buildings as the Royal Palace of
Caserta, the rooms of the Vatican, the Quirinal,
the Oval Office of the White House and the flags
of Buckingham Palace, still today we find the
fabrics of San Leucio, the royal silk factory
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Text Internet Pictures Sanda Foisoreanu
Gabriela Cristescu
Internet All  copyrights  belong to their
 respective owners Presentation Sanda
Foisoreanu
2018
Sound Emma Shapplin - Il Quinto Cielo
Vento (with Gianni Morandi)