I visited this wonderful palace in March 2005. I remember the poor condition of the gardens and the lack of signs and staff throughout the rooms. I am looking forward to revisiting it, as I am sure it looks much better now.
I was fascinated by this video! Here's my contribution...My parents were married in Caserta, in the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel, in July of 1945. My father was an officer in the US Army Signal Corps, a photographer, and my mother was, with her family of parents and three siblings, residents of Caserta -- the story of how they met and married is a bit of a "Hollywood romance!" But as I watrched some of the vintage footage in your video, I wondered whether some of it might actually have been taken by my father, "Lt. Joseph D. Boyle," Signal Corps, US Army. He shot both still photos and movie footage in WWII. He was, for instance, at the battle of Monte Cassino, and a lot of the movie footage of that battle which one might see in documentaries is his. I cannot imagine that he did not take photos (and movies?) of the royal Palace of Caserta while he was assigned there, especially since it was, in 1945, specifically being used by the US Army and Allied Forces following the retreat of the Nazis. I will be going back to Italy this coming April of 2025 (I have been there several times...and still have family there), and definitely going to Caserta to honor the memory of my parents, Palma Chiara Ruoppoli and Joseph D. Boyle, and also to do my own photo-video "tour" of the Royal Palace! THANK-YOU for this WONDERFUL VIDEO! Sincerely, Richard R. Boyle - Buena Park, CA., USA
Charles VII of Naples and III of Spain. As always, brittons meticulously erasing any mention to Spain in their "informative" documentaries....In fact, the Caserta palace has its origins in Robert de Cotte's second project for the construction of the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid. The building was not built in Madrid, but eventually had its descendants in Naples. Obviously, from the English, ignorant of everything that is not in English, and rather lacking in thoroughness in their research, if not downright biased in their "stories", one cannot expect more... Nor do we expect it.
The Caserta Palace has its origins in Robert de Cotte's second project for the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid, which was never built because Philip V of Spain already had two other palaces under construction: the Royal Palace in Madrid and La Granja de San Ildefonso in Segovia. The Spanish Infante Don Carlos, later Duke of Tuscany and later King of Naples thanks to Spain's decisive intervention in the Seven Years' War, was familiar with Cotte's project, and undoubtedly took it into account in the Reggia of Caserta, in which Vanvitelli literally copied the French architect. You can test this just making a simple search in Google: "segundo proyecto Palacio Buen Retiro Robert de Cotte":
The Caserta Palace has its origins in Robert de Cotte's second project for the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid, which was never built because Philip V of Spain already had two other palaces under construction: the Royal Palace in Madrid and La Granja de San Ildefonso in Segovia. The Spanish Infante Don Carlos, later Duke of Tuscany and later King of Naples thanks to Spain's decisive intervention in the Seven Years' War, was familiar with Cotte's project very closely, and undoubtedly took it into account in the Reggia of Caserta, in which Vanvitelli literally copied the French architect. To test this just make this search in Google: "segundo proyecto Palacio Buen Retiro Robert de Cotte" and go to "images".
My late Dad was billeted in The Palace of Caserta in 1943 when he would have been 23/24 years old - I am now 77 years old but I still remember so well the many anecdotes my Dad told me about his time in Caserta through my childhood - Ever since whenever I come across documentaries about the Palace, my interest never ceases to be reawakened - RIP Dad...
@@antonioalcazar5749 NOT the people, N.O.T. the people!!! My family was innocent and they decimated it! Don't confuse the actions of the dictators with the Italians and the Germans!!! And btw, this palace was bombed like the rest of Germany and Italy!!!
Just imagine that this magnificent palace was built in just 30 years. This very short time gives an idea of the engineering and architectural wonders, as well as the cultural and legal ones, that the Roman Empire bequeathed to the West in its 5 centuries. Only the Pantheon, the only monument of Antiquity that is preserved complete and standing, deserves a trip to Italy to give an idea of the magnificence of that glorious culture. Eternal and unconditional love for Italy!
J'ai visité le palais en 2014. Ayant visité Versailles en 2016, celui de Naples a comblé mon désir de fortes émotions, surpassant à mon avis Versailles. Dany
Si le roi de Naples pouvait t'entendre, il mourrait encore, de trop de joie !! Son désir secret était de rivaliser avec Versailles, et en effet les jardins du Palais Royal de Caserte (immenses, pas tous visibles en une seule journée de visite) ils sont plus évocateurs que ceux de Versailles. Il y a aussi un jardin "à l'anglaise" qui anticipe les jardins romantiques du 19ème siècle, plein de ruisseaux et de grottes cachées où se trouvent des statues de nymphes et de déesses.
@williamseric6492 Je ne suis pas française mais je parle français et j'aime la France..Je me sens triste quand j'entends parler de la rivalité entre la France et l'Italie..nous sommes des nations sœurs et l'histoire de la France et de l'Italie ils se sont entrelacés plusieurs fois. Jean Baptiste Lully était Toscan d'origine, mais Giambologna s'appelait Jean de Boulogne... Il faut renforcer les liens d'amitié entre les deux nations et admirer les beautés naturelles et artistiques de la France et de l'Italie. L' art est un language universel 🥰
This King Charles VII of Naples was the son of King Philip V of Spain. He reigned in Naples until the death of his two older brothers, when he became King of Spain with the name of Charles III. Most Spanish historiography considers him the best king that Spain has had to date. Upon his return to Madrid, he modernised the capital, including a huge reform of the Royal Palace, which gave it its current majestic appearance. He also chose intelligent ministers and advisors who carried out a policy consistent with the interests of Spain at the time.
@@ZakhadWOW Carlos III terminó de construir y amueblar el Palacio Real de Madrid. En El Escorial, en lo que ahora se conoce como palacio de los Borbones, hizo construir los apartamentos de los príncipes de Asturias. Reinó durante 29 años en Nápoles y 25 en España, le dio tiempo a hacer muchas reformas políticas y obras en ambos reinos.
"Most Spanish historiography considers him the best king that Spain has had to date". I'd take his brother Ferdinand over him any day. "a policy consistent with the interests of Spain at the time" Well, not so much, unless you consider entering a war completely unprepared and losing Florida because of it "consistent with the interests of Spain". Also, expelling the jesuits wasn't the brightest idea (specially concerning the spanish empire).
@@rodrigorincongarcia771 Well, he was not perfect. Nobody is, and I did not say so either. I only spoke about the majority of those who have written about this historical period, who have referred to him much more than to his brother Ferdinand VI.
In the course of my 4 years stationed in Naples, as well as 2 other trips to Europe, Ive visited the following grand palaces: The Louvre (one of many palaces used as a museum), Palais de Versailles, Winter Palace (aka Hermitage), Grand Kremlin Palace, Rosenborg Palace, Frederiksborg Palace, Christiansborg Palace, Hofburg Palace, Vatican Palace (aka Vatican Museum), Palazzo Reale in Torino, Palazzo Reale in Napoli, and Reggia di Caserta - the proper name of this place.
I visited Caserta in the mid 90s. I wasn't aware of the years of neglect. I guess we spent our time out in the gardens. I remember walking from the palace to the hillside waterfall and back. I'm glad to hear of the restoration.
been there. astonishing. huge amount of priceless Naples 1750/1850 art in a huge space beyond just "well maintained". can't see the entire place in just two days. in spring it's the first step to paradise. I have been lucky since the garden.. it's a 120 hectars, was veeery well maintained. inside after 2 houres of different golden wonderfull decorations you forget where you are. just go on. you realize it a long later. must go twice.
I did visit this palace some years ago. It is really stunning! I especially loved the marble - the most beautiful I have ever seen. There is a sense of balance: not too kitchy, not too simple - just Grand. Well - Italians!!! Amazingly there were very few visitors (It was a beautiful October day).
Quite impressing: I only cycled in the north of Italy, where I passed by Roncole, Busseto and Villa Verdi in Sant'Agata. I knew about Caserta since: "Caruso’s first real debut in opera was in Caserta when he had to ask for an advance on his fee before he could eat. He was 22 years old, the role was Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana". (Gramophone) I suppose it was in the Royal Theatre. I'm life long fan of Enrico Caruso and Verdi and Italy......
I'm happy to find an opera enthusiast!! Verdi's house is very interesting but if you pass through Milan you absolutely must visit the museum inside the La Scala theater. There are memorabilia, portraits of Verdi, Callas and other musicians and singers, old pianos, in short a very beautiful place.
I saw a bit of the palace 1n 1968 when i went for the enrollment for my national service. I visited again in 2015 with my wife and we were amazed at the dimensions nd grandeur of the place. It is incredible that most turist brochures of Italy feature the tower of Pisa, just a belltower on an angle, the region of Cinque Terre, a seaside village, but do not include the royal palace of Caserta. The place is also monument at the extravagant lifestile of another ruler who put his pride before the intersts of the masses.
I visited Caserta and the monastery at Montecassino 10 years ago, and was hugely impressed by the grandeur of both. Seeing the devastation rendered upon Montecassino by allied bombing during WW2, it is indeed remarkable to see the reconstruction and restoration carried out after the war. Whilst in Montecassino, we also visited the nearby Polish War Cemetery, where a remembrance ceremony by the Polish military was taking place. It was a national day of commemoration for Poland, and it was indeed poignant to see so many graves of fallen soldiers who were laid to rest in a place close to where they died.
Lo visité en 2018, todavía había zonas que necesitaban restauración pero es sin duda impresionante y monumental, sobre todo el acceso y la escalera principal. Los jardines de atrás , una maravilla inolvidable que equilibran la magnificencia del palacio.
The fabulous royal residence of Caserta has been used as the setting for a lot of movies, among which two famous Star Wars episodes: "The Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones, respectively Episode I and II of the ‘prequel trilogy‘. Filmed in 1999 and 2002, in them the Royal Palace of Caserta plays the role of the Royal Palace of the planet Naboo, court of Queen Padmé Amidala (played by Natalie Portman).
Yes my family visited Italy in 2019. We spent a day coming up from Sorrento and touring the grounds and a portion of the interiors. It was nice. We'd like to return in a few more years when progress has been made on the many items still requiring restoration.
Caserta Vecchia ( old Caserta) sits atop of the hill above this area that overlooks all the way to mt vesuvius. It is a midieval town stopped in time with narrow streets and fortified lookouts and an ancient church (1100) and town piazza( square) and belltower. Amazing place . People still living in those ancient midieval buildings
Thank you for the excellent video. I visited Caserta many times as my wife's family was from there. Caserta has a lot to offer, starting from the ancient city of Casertavecchia up on the hill, the excellent food and the 18th century silk industrial complex. The reign of Naples was the richest in all of Italy and unification brought misery to this once industrial gem which even had one of the earliest railway lines of Europe. The gardens and park were the biggest attraction of the palace and it was possible to enter with your own car and drive all the way up to the end of the fountain. I don't think this is possible anymore, that was over 40 years ago. We visited the interior, as one of the relatives lived in the palace, so we could visit places not open to the public. We could visit the whole palace without ever seeing a living soul. It was opulent in its decay of then, I can only imagine what it looks like now,
I’ve been to Italy many times and I live in Lisbon and I’ve never heard of this palace before. I actually was on a cruise. We stopped in Naples probably didn’t have enough time to go see it, but never even heard of it.
Much like Versailles, Schonbrunn, and Peterhof (Russia) it is far away from the heart of the capital city. NOT an easy trip unless you really plan for it.
Hats off to Italy for resurrecting this marvel of architecture!., i have been in Rome twice and through a 3rd time aboard the Orient Express. My 3rd cousin was the labor Attache' to Rome from the UK and had a flat on a hill above the Coliseum!! Also went to Venice and Murano to trace the maker of my all glass 3.5' bird tree replete with red cherries and green leafs and over 25 individual glass birds including a nest with 3 baby birds in it while two parents perched close by watched over them. Went through St. Peters climbing the stairs to the dome and laid on my back looking up at the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel..wonderful memories indeed. Took over 1.5 weeks to tour the Louvre and through Versailles in a couple of days . This palace is now on my bucket list to visit, perhaps in 2025? Ciao...
I visited la Regia di Caserta in 2017. Magnificent. But at that time it was not very well kept, mainly its very impressive gardens. I'm glad to know that since then things have changed for better. I love your channel.
I was stataioned there for 4 years and didnt get around to seeing everythign I wanted to, but then the Gulf War did sort of curtail a lot of leisure time.
Imagine , if this Royal Palace, is turned into a College / University, can easily become a seat of learning providing education and accommodation to its students from all over Europe !
Caserta is the most beautiful palace in Europe. I have been to many, more famous palaces, but nothing like this grand Roman and Romanesque compound. It should take many more yeas to fix it, though. Its grandeur is used by Holliwood for any over-top, fantastic oppulance and solid imposing struture (like the Star Wars series and others), over all others. Oddly, Casserta is not on the list of regular sites to see in Naples in addition to Pompeii, Hercolanium and Capri!
The Interior design at Caserta looks exactly the one from Palace of Versailles located in the suburb area of Paris. A Baroque style from the Renaissance Era when France and Italy used to get along just fine
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 not sure if you understood my comment - Portsmouth is also known as Pompey. Pompey was a Roman name - most notably the politician/general who was Caesars best friend and rival. Either way, I'm only joking. Everyone knows what he means.
Fun fact: Vanvitelli is an Italian 'translatation' of the Dutch name ' van Wittel' Luigi was the son of the Dutch painter Casper van Wittel who moved to Italy in 1675.
I saw that aqueduct in a book about world architecture ; it did not even feature the palace , but that 40 km aqueduct was such an engineering marvel for that time is it was constructed in , that the book chose to portray the aqueduct instead .
We drove down to Caserta to see the palace about twenty years ago. We followed the signs to the underground car park and were directed out again. I think it was a Tuesday and the palace was closed.
I visited the grounds back in the early 1980's. The inside was not open to the public if i recall. Will definitely try to stop by on my frequent trips between the Port of Naples and Fiuggi. I retired in Italy after spending most of my career in the US. My mother is Italian. My father was a US army officer who came up the boot from Salerno during WW2. They met in Rome 1945.
They have built this masterpiece in 30 years. The city of Hamburg (Germany) announced some time ago that it will probably take 30 years to replace one of the main bridges.
Also extrime big was the Villa from Emperor Hadrian in the time of the Roman Empire.Hadrian’s Villa covers over 100 ha and consists of over 30 buildings and a number of other points of interest. The site includes the remains of a large colonnaded swimming pool, libraries, the Palestra, barracks, gardens, fountains, nymphaeums, and the famous Maritime Theatre.
La villa dell'imperatore Adriano era su un'altra scala di grandezza, non era solo un palazzo di residenza dell'imperatore, era anche il fulcro della politica e dell'amministrazione dell'Impero sotto Adriano e vi gravitavano una gran quantità di politici, funzionari, soldati, cortigiani, servitori e addetti a qualsiasi mansione si possa immaginare, era una piccola città con l'intendimento similare al quello che oltre mille anni dopo avrebbe informato la costruzione della Città Proibita a Pechino.
In the book "The Leopard" by di Lampedusa there is a scene where a Sicilian noble man goes to visit the king in the palace. Lampedusa describes how the king (and all his entourage) are sweating in this palace, with all its beauty and glory.........
Palaces are beautiful buildings designed to impress. The message is “ here lives powerful people “. I have sometimes thought how well it would make one feel to live in such surroundings, and that’s part of the idea with buildings like that. However I have come to reconsider the thought. To live in such buildings must be horrible. To maintain and manage this cannot be accomplished without a ton of money and an army of servants and a large maintenance personnel at work constantly. You would be surrounded by people who would tell you what to do and where to go in your own home. No, I’d rather have my own modest house as I have it.
This palace was built in Caserta because the court of Naples wanted to have a chance to escape from Naples which was often under cannon fire from the English. It is a splendid work, smaller than other royal palaces in Europe, but Italian artists have done things that others have not...see and then give an honest opinion: Verseilles aside the Hall of Mirrors has less beautiful rooms.
From the video, one might think that the building was closed and abandoned after World War II, but that’s not the case. It remained open to the public and was maintained, although it had its issues. He visited it on a school trip in 1983.
at the very least his palace was built in a way that people will always appreciate, we as a species don't just live to eat, drink and procreate but we desire things to be in awe off and it is in these endeavours that we advance as a species, the space race was a vanity project but it laid the groundwork for genuine space exploration. cathedrals were vanity projects but they contributed to the advancement of mathematics, construction techniques, social cohesion,.... we base the advancement of a civilisation on what they left behind. Vanity or no this palace leaves no doubts regarding the grandure of napolitan, sicilian and further european civilisation.
Your video is instructed on many aspects, but I must say that the most biggest royal palace (even one of the most luxurious in Europe) in Europe in Château de Versailles in France. It's a historic fact, you research by yourself.
We visited from the States a few years ago. The palace is huge, but not nearly as magnificent as many others across Europe. It is clear that it was neglected for many years. It stands now in the middle of a gritty area, completely out of place with its surroundings. Many of the rooms had no minders, and one docent watched lazily as rude Russian children climbed on furniture that was roped off. However, the water garden behind the palace is magnificent and well worth the price of admission. It and the grand staircase has been used in many movie and tv productions. Even in its well-worn condition, the palace is well worth a visit.
I remember visiting here with my ex-girlfriend. We had such a wonderful time together. After we had broken up, she told me that she had just got back home after having a date from there. Honestly, I didn't know how to deal with it? It was such a horrible feeling to realise that the special memories you cherished were shattered by the person you love the most. The pain of that day I will never forget.
@Marco-iy7lt thinking and reliving it telling the story to anybody won't help. To get over it you have to get over it and do different things, it's easier said than done but there is no point doing anything else.
@Marco-iy7lt thinking and reliving it telling the story to anybody won't help. To get over it you have to get over it and do different things, it's easier said than done but there is no point doing anything else.
@@paperinik69 I know what you mean. Put it this way, I don't go to bed crying my eyes out, I focus on what I need to do in my day. I shared this because I had good memories of being there, only to be overshadowed by someone else's selfishness. A situation like this makes you a passive victim, as a result of their wrongdoings.
Thank you for highlighting this remarkable achievement of human creativity and beauty. The Spanish kings, whether Bourbon or Habsburg, including those in the Italic Peninsula, were consistently refined patrons of the arts-exporting the finest European art and technology, reflected in infrastructure, far beyond the continent and across the world
well to be fair, Buckingham started out as the town residence of the Duke of Buckingham and was onlky called Buckingham HOUSE. It was much later that the Hanovers/Saxe-Soburgs bult all that magnificent front part. If you look at it aerieally you can see how different the original core ( in the back near the garden) looks.
@@ZakhadWOWYes, I know pretty well the history and evolution of Buckingham and to be honest, the back facade, towards the private gardens, look much better. The main facade is way too simple (similar to Caserta's facades) and roughly new, made around 1900 if not mistaking.
@@torbergman6977I entirely agree about the Western (garden) front. The Edwardian Eastern front is a sort of two-dimensional reproduction of Nash's original portico-with-two-projecting (North and South) wings. But minus the Marble Arch. It does look a bit Louis XVI and the Portland Stone a bit grey. But at least it's better than the Baroque Victorian façade it replaced.
"Amazing" hardly seems adequate to describe the palace and its grounds. One wonders how many of those rooms Carlo VII actually visited . . . or if any member of his court saw more than a handful or two. A tribute to Italian pride and cultural sensitivity that the palace was restored.
That voice can present anything and turn the experience into a dream!!! The palace grandeur is totally out of human proportion to the point of surpassing to very bad taste: when humans think as if they were gods, totally deprived of humility and tenderness. It is all a show off of material wealth useless nowadays.
It's AI using an American script: no-one English would ever say "Old money mansions". But, for example, two hundred and thirty, not two hundred thirty. And the pronunciation is clearly often faulty, especially of non-English words.
@@spoffspoffington For non native speakers it is essential that both vowels and consonants are spoken clearly. If "internet" becomes "innrnat", "city" becomes "siddy", and "water" becomes "war", this is just hard to understand.
I had the opportunity to visit and tour the Palace of Caserta in the 1990’s. I have two lasting impressions, Firstly, the architectural majesty and artistic glory will never come again, and absolutely deserves national and UNESCO support. Second, just as today, it is sad, and vulgar, to think of the millions of impoverished Italians that were politically and socially exploited to deliver this monument.
@@wolfganghager8321 Some people are unable to see the vulgarity in oppulent, self-gratifiying excess, embedded in a populace suffering devastating poverty.
There is another vast royal palace that has been restored recently and this one is located just outside Turin in north west Italy and it's called "Venaria" .Unfortunately the original gardens were destroyed by the French during the Napoleonic era and have now been replaced by a modern "take" of the original baroque formal garden.
Perhaps if the House of Savoy hadnt been such arseholes and stripped every bit of wealth from the southern kingdom they could, people would have a more favorable look at them, and not all but ignore the Royal Palace in Torino, Venari, and Stupinigi. I had to actually read a lot to learn they were even there.
@@ZakhadWOW Well all of the palaces of the house of Savoy are on Unesco World Heritage list as well as the Pantheon of that dynasty which is the basilica of La Superga. The bodies of King Victor Emmanuel the third and queen Elena have been returned to Italy from exile and placed in the Mondovi rotunda. That's worth visiting too and has the largest elliptical dome in the world.Savoy dynasty united Italy with help of France kicking out the Austrians and the papal forces and of course the Bourbons!
@@kaloarepo288 Il merito dei Savoia fu di aver riunificato l'Italia, i primi dopo Teodorico. Ma i meriti si fermano lì. Non considerarono l'Italia come un regno unico ma come una colonia del Regno di Sardegna. Se così non fosse il Re unificatore, Vittorio Emanuele, avrebbe assunto, come d'obbligo per i reali, il titolo di Vittorio Emanuele I (PRIMO) re d'Italia e non avrebbe mantenuto la numerazione del Regno di Sardegna, chi capisce un po' di araldica e dinastie reali lo nota immediatamente. E come colonizzatori si comportarono. Di fatto, i Savoia unificarono l'Italia per motivi economici, il loro Regno era al collasso finanziario mentre il Regno di Napoli era floridissimo, non fecero altro che trasportare la ricchezza del sud al nord avviando con tali soldi un'opera di industrializzazione e di infrastrutturazione pubblica, nel solo nord, che in pochi decenni creò la distanza economica e sociale che, dopo centocinquant'anni, non ancora accenna a risolversi, tutt'altro. Non che prima dell'unità d'Italia nel sud si stesse meglio che nel nord, le situazioni erano simili (cfr. "Nord e Sud" di F. S. Nitti -1900) nella società civile, anzi, facilitati dal territorio più facile, nel nord vi erano più infrastrutture e scambi che nel sud, ma se le differenze erano minime nel tessuto sociale, non lo erano per le casse dello Stato, ove i Borboni erano straordinariamente ricchi e i Savoia quasi in fallimento. Dopo aver creato la Questione Meridionale con lo scempio delle finanze napoletane che fecero (e aver abbandonato a se stessa l'amministrazione pubblica e giudiziaria nel sud, facendo nascere, per sostituzione, il fenomeno mafioso), aver cambiato tre capitali (Torino, Firenze e Roma) lasciando decadere Napoli, aver combattuto una fallimentare guerra coloniale in Africa, poi una guerra mondiale che, seppur vinta, ci portò 700000 disoccupati e l'agricoltura al collasso, poi aver lasciato il Regno nelle mani di Mussolini e quindi esser entrati nella seconda guerra mondiale dalla parte sbagliata con un esercito poco meglio che ottocentesco, e aver compiuto il tutto in ottant'anni, direi che è difficile trovare una dinastia che abbia fatto di peggio, nella Storia mondiale, in così poco tempo.
Yes at 3:30 that's the portrait of Charles VII of France (1422-1461) by Jean Fouquet now in the Louvre. I was very impressed by Caserta when I went there 15 years ago.
Nice video about this palace of the Hispanic Monarchy at that time. King Charles that made build this moved to Spain to be crowned as Carlos III and was the first king living in the new Royal Palace in Madrid, double of Versalles and as splendid as this one in Naples so you can dedicate a video and explain features as the colection of kings and queens of Spain rememberd from visigoths to aztec Moctezuma or inca Atahualpa. He did it because it was the richest and most extense kingdom at that time till was balcanized by the British as later did wiith the Otoman Empire and its beautiful Topkapi Palace in Estambul
It sounds unusual to refer to Charles III of Spain as Charles VII of Naples, but indeed he reigned over Naples and Sicily before inheriting the Spanish throne and ultimately renouncing his title to the Kingdom of Naples
COMMENT: Have you visited Italy before - and, or, this palace specifically?
I visited this wonderful palace in March 2005. I remember the poor condition of the gardens and the lack of signs and staff throughout the rooms. I am looking forward to revisiting it, as I am sure it looks much better now.
I was fascinated by this video! Here's my contribution...My parents were married in Caserta, in the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel, in July of 1945. My father was an officer in the US Army Signal Corps, a photographer, and my mother was, with her family of parents and three siblings, residents of Caserta -- the story of how they met and married is a bit of a "Hollywood romance!" But as I watrched some of the vintage footage in your video, I wondered whether some of it might actually have been taken by my father, "Lt. Joseph D. Boyle," Signal Corps, US Army. He shot both still photos and movie footage in WWII. He was, for instance, at the battle of Monte Cassino, and a lot of the movie footage of that battle which one might see in documentaries is his. I cannot imagine that he did not take photos (and movies?) of the royal Palace of Caserta while he was assigned there, especially since it was, in 1945, specifically being used by the US Army and Allied Forces following the retreat of the Nazis. I will be going back to Italy this coming April of 2025 (I have been there several times...and still have family there), and definitely going to Caserta to honor the memory of my parents, Palma Chiara Ruoppoli and Joseph D. Boyle, and also to do my own photo-video "tour" of the Royal Palace! THANK-YOU for this WONDERFUL VIDEO! Sincerely, Richard R. Boyle - Buena Park, CA., USA
Charles VII of Naples and III of Spain. As always, brittons meticulously erasing any mention to Spain in their "informative" documentaries....In fact, the Caserta palace has its origins in Robert de Cotte's second project for the construction of the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid. The building was not built in Madrid, but eventually had its descendants in Naples. Obviously, from the English, ignorant of everything that is not in English, and rather lacking in thoroughness in their research, if not downright biased in their "stories", one cannot expect more... Nor do we expect it.
The Caserta Palace has its origins in Robert de Cotte's second project for the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid, which was never built because Philip V of Spain already had two other palaces under construction: the Royal Palace in Madrid and La Granja de San Ildefonso in Segovia. The Spanish Infante Don Carlos, later Duke of Tuscany and later King of Naples thanks to Spain's decisive intervention in the Seven Years' War, was familiar with Cotte's project, and undoubtedly took it into account in the Reggia of Caserta, in which Vanvitelli literally copied the French architect. You can test this just making a simple search in Google: "segundo proyecto Palacio Buen Retiro Robert de Cotte":
The Caserta Palace has its origins in Robert de Cotte's second project for the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid, which was never built because Philip V of Spain already had two other palaces under construction: the Royal Palace in Madrid and La Granja de San Ildefonso in Segovia. The Spanish Infante Don Carlos, later Duke of Tuscany and later King of Naples thanks to Spain's decisive intervention in the Seven Years' War, was familiar with Cotte's project very closely, and undoubtedly took it into account in the Reggia of Caserta, in which Vanvitelli literally copied the French architect. To test this just make this search in Google: "segundo proyecto Palacio Buen Retiro Robert de Cotte" and go to "images".
My late Dad was billeted in The Palace of Caserta in 1943 when he would have been 23/24 years old - I am now 77 years old but I still remember so well the many anecdotes my Dad told me about his time in Caserta through my childhood - Ever since whenever I come across documentaries about the Palace, my interest never ceases to be reawakened - RIP Dad...
Many thanks to your father....... What men they were .
I assume you are foreigners, what the Allies did to the Italian and the German population is UNTHINKABLE! Be Ashmd.
I assume you are foreigners, what the Allies did to the Italian and the German population is UNTHINKABLE!
@@DeuDeoEgo Lo que hicieron italianos y alemanes por donde fueron pasando, sin que nadie les invitase, también fue IMPENSABLE.
@@antonioalcazar5749 NOT the people, N.O.T. the people!!! My family was innocent and they decimated it! Don't confuse the actions of the dictators with the Italians and the Germans!!! And btw, this palace was bombed like the rest of Germany and Italy!!!
Italy, an amazing country, endless historic world changing history.
Caserta is breathtaking. I visited and it's beyond words. A memory I will never forget.
I am very glad you liked it. Greetings from Caserta!
Just imagine that this magnificent palace was built in just 30 years. This very short time gives an idea of the engineering and architectural wonders, as well as the cultural and legal ones, that the Roman Empire bequeathed to the West in its 5 centuries. Only the Pantheon, the only monument of Antiquity that is preserved complete and standing, deserves a trip to Italy to give an idea of the magnificence of that glorious culture. Eternal and unconditional love for Italy!
Many thanks and greetings from Caserta!
I consider myself a reasonably well informed and read person of 75 years old and I have never heard of this palace in my life, amazing.
Never heard of it I’m 56
You must be Anglo.
Ni yo
FWIW, it was used for some of the interior scenes in the Star Wars films... but most people thought they were looking at CGI
ITALY PAESE UNICO AL MONDO❤
For a year, when I worked in Caserta, I would go and have lunch at the gardens- absolutely magnifico!
The Interior design at Caserta looks exactly the one from Palace of Versailles
It really is! You’re so lucky!
In the past, the citizens of Caserta could access the gardens for free. That was really great! This is, unfortunately, not the case anymore.
J'ai visité le palais en 2014. Ayant visité Versailles en 2016, celui de Naples a comblé mon désir de fortes émotions, surpassant à mon avis Versailles.
Dany
c'est bien mon impression aussi
Si le roi de Naples pouvait t'entendre, il mourrait encore, de trop de joie !! Son désir secret était de rivaliser avec Versailles, et en effet les jardins du Palais Royal de Caserte (immenses, pas tous visibles en une seule journée de visite) ils sont plus évocateurs que ceux de Versailles. Il y a aussi un jardin "à l'anglaise" qui anticipe les jardins romantiques du 19ème siècle, plein de ruisseaux et de grottes cachées où se trouvent des statues de nymphes et de déesses.
@@MariaTeresa-b7wet bien moi je suis français et entendre des Français dire cela me fend le coeur 💔
@@MariaTeresa-b7wc’est comme si on m’avait arraché le coeur pour le dévorer devant mes yeux encore vivant 😮😢
@williamseric6492 Je ne suis pas française mais je parle français et j'aime la France..Je me sens triste quand j'entends parler de la rivalité entre la France et l'Italie..nous sommes des nations sœurs et l'histoire de la France et de l'Italie ils se sont entrelacés plusieurs fois. Jean Baptiste Lully était Toscan d'origine, mais Giambologna s'appelait Jean de Boulogne... Il faut renforcer les liens d'amitié entre les deux nations et admirer les beautés naturelles et artistiques de la France et de l'Italie. L' art est un language universel 🥰
This King Charles VII of Naples was the son of King Philip V of Spain. He reigned in Naples until the death of his two older brothers, when he became King of Spain with the name of Charles III. Most Spanish historiography considers him the best king that Spain has had to date. Upon his return to Madrid, he modernised the capital, including a huge reform of the Royal Palace, which gave it its current majestic appearance. He also chose intelligent ministers and advisors who carried out a policy consistent with the interests of Spain at the time.
“Intelligent ministers”
I wish we had that today…
did he have any impact on the building or updates to El Escorial? Im a bit fuzzy on that part of Spanish Histopry
@@ZakhadWOW Carlos III terminó de construir y amueblar el Palacio Real de Madrid.
En El Escorial, en lo que ahora se conoce como palacio de los Borbones, hizo construir los apartamentos de los príncipes de Asturias.
Reinó durante 29 años en Nápoles y 25 en España, le dio tiempo a hacer muchas reformas políticas y obras en ambos reinos.
"Most Spanish historiography considers him the best king that Spain has had to date".
I'd take his brother Ferdinand over him any day.
"a policy consistent with the interests of Spain at the time"
Well, not so much, unless you consider entering a war completely unprepared and losing Florida because of it "consistent with the interests of Spain". Also, expelling the jesuits wasn't the brightest idea (specially concerning the spanish empire).
@@rodrigorincongarcia771 Well, he was not perfect. Nobody is, and I did not say so either. I only spoke about the majority of those who have written about this historical period, who have referred to him much more than to his brother Ferdinand VI.
In the course of my 4 years stationed in Naples, as well as 2 other trips to Europe, Ive visited the following grand palaces: The Louvre (one of many palaces used as a museum), Palais de Versailles, Winter Palace (aka Hermitage), Grand Kremlin Palace, Rosenborg Palace, Frederiksborg Palace, Christiansborg Palace, Hofburg Palace, Vatican Palace (aka Vatican Museum), Palazzo Reale in Torino, Palazzo Reale in Napoli, and Reggia di Caserta - the proper name of this place.
Wow you are lucky !
I visited Caserta in the mid 90s. I wasn't aware of the years of neglect. I guess we spent our time out in the gardens. I remember walking from the palace to the hillside waterfall and back. I'm glad to hear of the restoration.
been there. astonishing. huge amount of priceless Naples 1750/1850 art in a huge space beyond just "well maintained". can't see the entire place in just two days. in spring it's the first step to paradise. I have been lucky since the garden.. it's a 120 hectars, was veeery well maintained. inside after 2 houres of different golden wonderfull decorations you forget where you are. just go on. you realize it a long later. must go twice.
I am very glad you liked "our" palace. Greetings from Caserta!
@@FreeWanderingThinker ❤ no piezz''e core :)
I grew up in Caserta and as much as there is discomfort at the same time the people and the setting are breathtaking. I miss it so much.🇮🇹❤️
Don't forget the food 😉. Greetings from Caserta!
After going to Versailles Caserta is next on my list. I recommend getting to these places very early 👍🏾
Caserta best
Welcome to Italy ASAP ❤
I would suggest you go eat pizza at Pepes restaurant, too. Greetings from Caserta!
I did visit this palace some years ago. It is really stunning! I especially loved the marble - the most beautiful I have ever seen. There is a sense of balance: not too kitchy, not too simple - just Grand. Well - Italians!!! Amazingly there were very few visitors (It was a beautiful October day).
Magnificent! Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you too!
Quite impressing:
I only cycled in the north of Italy, where I passed by Roncole, Busseto and
Villa Verdi in Sant'Agata.
I knew about Caserta since: "Caruso’s first real debut in opera was in Caserta when he had to ask for an advance on his fee before he could eat. He was 22 years old, the role was Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana". (Gramophone) I suppose it was in the Royal Theatre.
I'm life long fan of Enrico Caruso and Verdi and Italy......
I'm happy to find an opera enthusiast!! Verdi's house is very interesting but if you pass through Milan you absolutely must visit the museum inside the La Scala theater. There are memorabilia, portraits of Verdi, Callas and other musicians and singers, old pianos, in short a very beautiful place.
I saw a bit of the palace 1n 1968 when i went for the enrollment for my national service. I visited again in 2015 with my wife and we were amazed at the dimensions nd grandeur of the place. It is incredible that most turist brochures of Italy feature the tower of Pisa, just a belltower on an angle, the region of Cinque Terre, a seaside village, but do not include the royal palace of Caserta. The place is also monument at the extravagant lifestile of another ruler who put his pride before the intersts of the masses.
Unfortunately, most governments do not act in the interests of the masses, in any country and in any era!
It does not make for a small photo.
It has to do with the fact that Italy is still mostly identified with Northern Italy. Greetings from Caserta!
This type of beauty can only be found in Italy!
I visited Caserta and the monastery at Montecassino 10 years ago, and was hugely impressed by the grandeur of both.
Seeing the devastation rendered upon Montecassino by allied bombing during WW2, it is indeed remarkable to see the reconstruction and restoration carried out after the war.
Whilst in Montecassino, we also visited the nearby Polish War Cemetery, where a remembrance ceremony by the Polish military was taking place. It was a national day of commemoration for Poland, and it was indeed poignant to see so many graves of fallen soldiers who were laid to rest in a place close to where they died.
We were there in 2005.
Stunning.
Family roots in Caserta
Magnificent. Would love to visit in the near future.
Lo visité en 2018, todavía había zonas que necesitaban restauración pero es sin duda impresionante y monumental, sobre todo el acceso y la escalera principal. Los jardines de atrás , una maravilla inolvidable que equilibran la magnificencia del palacio.
The fabulous royal residence of Caserta has been used as the setting for a lot of movies, among which two famous Star Wars episodes: "The Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones, respectively Episode I and II of the ‘prequel trilogy‘. Filmed in 1999 and 2002, in them the Royal Palace of Caserta plays the role of the Royal Palace of the planet Naboo, court of Queen Padmé Amidala (played by Natalie Portman).
Yes my family visited Italy in 2019. We spent a day coming up from Sorrento and touring the grounds and a portion of the interiors. It was nice. We'd like to return in a few more years when progress has been made on the many items still requiring restoration.
Restauro completato
Amazing! I would love to go there one day!
Thank you for this tour. Marvelous
I have been in Italy several times, but never visited Caserta, now I will
Don't forget to try our pizza and our mozzarella di bufala, too. Greetings from Caserta!
Woooow !
Amazing place. Thanks for letting us know.
Caserta Vecchia ( old Caserta) sits atop of the hill above this area that overlooks all the way to mt vesuvius. It is a midieval town stopped in time with narrow streets and fortified lookouts and an ancient church (1100) and town piazza( square) and belltower. Amazing place . People still living in those ancient midieval buildings
I live a few hundred meters from the Borgo di Casertavecchia. Thanks a lot for your comment.
@FreeWanderingThinker Prego.
Thank you for the excellent video. I visited Caserta many times as my wife's family was from there. Caserta has a lot to offer, starting from the ancient city of Casertavecchia up on the hill, the excellent food and the 18th century silk industrial complex. The reign of Naples was the richest in all of Italy and unification brought misery to this once industrial gem which even had one of the earliest railway lines of Europe. The gardens and park were the biggest attraction of the palace and it was possible to enter with your own car and drive all the way up to the end of the fountain. I don't think this is possible anymore, that was over 40 years ago. We visited the interior, as one of the relatives lived in the palace, so we could visit places not open to the public. We could visit the whole palace without ever seeing a living soul. It was opulent in its decay of then, I can only imagine what it looks like now,
Thank you for viewing and commenting!
Totally true in all your information. But don.t expect a britton to mention it...
Le auto non possono più entrare.visto la vastità del parco volendo ci sono piccoli pullman all'interno.
We lived in Arco Felice for 6 or so years and went to Caserta often... quite stunning.
I’ve been to Italy many times and I live in Lisbon and I’ve never heard of this palace before. I actually was on a cruise. We stopped in Naples probably didn’t have enough time to go see it, but never even heard of it.
Much like Versailles, Schonbrunn, and Peterhof (Russia) it is far away from the heart of the capital city. NOT an easy trip unless you really plan for it.
Grounds are very impressive.
That cascade is fantasy movie
Type of design.
Amazing
Thanks for a great upload of a magnificent palace. Hopefully this will be a longtime center for tourism, art and events.
Hats off to Italy for resurrecting this marvel of architecture!., i have been in Rome twice and through a 3rd time aboard the Orient Express. My 3rd cousin was the labor Attache' to Rome from the UK and had a flat on a hill above the Coliseum!! Also went to Venice and Murano to trace the maker of my all glass 3.5' bird tree replete with red cherries and green leafs and over 25 individual glass birds including a nest with 3 baby birds in it while two parents perched close by watched over them. Went through St. Peters climbing the stairs to the dome and laid on my back looking up at the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel..wonderful memories indeed. Took over 1.5 weeks to tour the Louvre and through Versailles in a couple of days . This palace is now on my bucket list to visit, perhaps in 2025? Ciao...
I visited la Regia di Caserta in 2017. Magnificent. But at that time it was not very well kept, mainly its very impressive gardens. I'm glad to know that since then things have changed for better.
I love your channel.
I have been to Italy before ! I found there is so much to see ! Just not enough time 😊
I was stataioned there for 4 years and didnt get around to seeing everythign I wanted to, but then the Gulf War did sort of curtail a lot of leisure time.
Charles VII of Naples. And III of Spain. A great reformer, not only in Naples.
El mejor alcalde de Madrid. Buen rey de España
A fabulous palace, unique in scope and beauty.
Thanks! Greetings from Caserta!
Imagine , if this Royal Palace, is turned into a College / University, can easily become a seat of learning providing education and accommodation to its students from all over Europe !
Unfortunately, until a few years ago, the school of the Italian Air Force was there. Greetings from Caserta!
Caserta is the most beautiful palace in Europe. I have been to many, more famous palaces, but nothing like this grand Roman and Romanesque compound. It should take many more yeas to fix it, though. Its grandeur is used by Holliwood for any over-top, fantastic oppulance and solid imposing struture (like the Star Wars series and others), over all others. Oddly, Casserta is not on the list of regular sites to see in Naples in addition to Pompeii, Hercolanium and Capri!
The Interior design at Caserta looks exactly the one from Palace of Versailles located in the suburb area of Paris.
A Baroque style from the Renaissance Era when France and Italy used to get along just fine
*Pompeii, Pompey is in the UK
@Joshua-fi4ji or you mean Popeye. The Sailor who loves eating spinach and which makes stronger 😂
@@christophermichaelclarence6003 not sure if you understood my comment - Portsmouth is also known as Pompey.
Pompey was a Roman name - most notably the politician/general who was Caesars best friend and rival.
Either way, I'm only joking. Everyone knows what he means.
@Joshua-fi4ji I was just kidding. Pompey, mate.
I know what you mean lad.
Yes, I visited Italy several times and three times area of Napoli but unfortunately, not the Caserta Palace. Thank you for this interesting video.
I visited Rome some years ago, to great delight!
This video, however, is the first time I heard of this magnificent place.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Stunning!
Fun fact: Vanvitelli is an Italian 'translatation' of the Dutch name ' van Wittel' Luigi was the son of the Dutch painter Casper van Wittel who moved to Italy in 1675.
I saw that aqueduct in a book about world architecture ; it did not even feature the palace , but that 40 km aqueduct was such an engineering marvel for that time is it was constructed in , that the book chose to portray the aqueduct instead .
The aqueduct is world heritage, too. Greetings from Caserta!
This palace was also in Star Wars The Phantom Menace as Naboo Royal Palace.
the fee for using it was part of the strategy to come up with money for restoration.
Worth mentioning that this would be the indoor scenes only. The outside is Plaza de España in Seville.
The film Waterloo also featured the grand staircase
Fun fact: the scenes of the royal palace on Naboo in Star Wars were filmed at the Royal Palace of Caserta.
It is absolutely wicked to build such a building when so many lived in poverty
I agree. From Italy
@@Margot-t8s Is creating a christian miss inspired heaven for the elite,living their dream,
Palazzo di Caserta a must see to any traveller to Italy.
Incredibly beautiful architectural marvel that was fortunately restored.
I visited Pompeii and Herculanum, but I missed the Caserta Palace. I guess I need to revisit Naples and see the Caserta Palace.
We drove down to Caserta to see the palace about twenty years ago. We followed the signs to the underground car park and were directed out again. I think it was a Tuesday and the palace was closed.
Yes, it is always closed on Tuesdays.
I visited the grounds back in the early 1980's. The inside was not open to the public if i recall. Will definitely try to stop by on my frequent trips between the Port of Naples and Fiuggi. I retired in Italy after spending most of my career in the US. My mother is Italian. My father was a US army officer who came up the boot from Salerno during WW2. They met in Rome 1945.
They have built this masterpiece in 30 years. The city of Hamburg (Germany) announced some time ago that it will probably take 30 years to replace one of the main bridges.
Das Uniklinikum in Caserta wird wahrscheinlich auch 30 Jahre in Anspruch nehmen... Liebe Grüße aus Casertavecchia!
Gorgeous😮
Also extrime big was the Villa from Emperor Hadrian in the time of the Roman Empire.Hadrian’s Villa covers over 100 ha and consists of over 30 buildings and a number of other points of interest. The site includes the remains of a large colonnaded swimming pool, libraries, the Palestra, barracks, gardens, fountains, nymphaeums, and the famous Maritime Theatre.
La villa dell'imperatore Adriano era su un'altra scala di grandezza, non era solo un palazzo di residenza dell'imperatore, era anche il fulcro della politica e dell'amministrazione dell'Impero sotto Adriano e vi gravitavano una gran quantità di politici, funzionari, soldati, cortigiani, servitori e addetti a qualsiasi mansione si possa immaginare, era una piccola città con l'intendimento similare al quello che oltre mille anni dopo avrebbe informato la costruzione della Città Proibita a Pechino.
Also Diocletian's Palace in Split.
In the book "The Leopard" by di Lampedusa there is a scene where a Sicilian noble man goes to visit the king in the palace. Lampedusa describes how the king (and all his entourage) are sweating in this palace, with all its beauty and glory.........
i have visited italy many times . but not caserta royal palace . will definitely place on must see next time i visit .
Bravo!! ❤🎉
Caserta Palace was the inspirational design for the Theed Royal Palace in the Star Wars universe.
Palaces are beautiful buildings designed to impress.
The message is “ here lives powerful people “.
I have sometimes thought how well it would make one feel to live in such surroundings, and that’s part of the idea with buildings like that.
However I have come to reconsider the thought.
To live in such buildings must be horrible.
To maintain and manage this cannot be accomplished without a ton of money and an army of servants and a large maintenance personnel at work constantly.
You would be surrounded by people who would tell you what to do and where to go in your own home.
No, I’d rather have my own modest house as I have it.
so beautiful i would love to go see this
This palace was built in Caserta because the court of Naples wanted to have a chance to escape from Naples which was often under cannon fire from the English. It is a splendid work, smaller than other royal palaces in Europe, but Italian artists have done things that others have not...see and then give an honest opinion: Verseilles aside the Hall of Mirrors has less beautiful rooms.
Thank you. I am very glad you liked it. Greetings from Caserta!
From the video, one might think that the building was closed and abandoned after World War II, but that’s not the case. It remained open to the public and was maintained, although it had its issues. He visited it on a school trip in 1983.
KEEP THIS CONTENT COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
at the very least his palace was built in a way that people will always appreciate, we as a species don't just live to eat, drink and procreate but we desire things to be in awe off and it is in these endeavours that we advance as a species, the space race was a vanity project but it laid the groundwork for genuine space exploration. cathedrals were vanity projects but they contributed to the advancement of mathematics, construction techniques, social cohesion,.... we base the advancement of a civilisation on what they left behind. Vanity or no this palace leaves no doubts regarding the grandure of napolitan, sicilian and further european civilisation.
The Duomo in Florence was indeed a vanity project, but the cathedrals of France were driven by piety - however misplaced.
Your video is instructed on many aspects, but I must say that the most biggest royal palace (even one of the most luxurious in Europe) in Europe in Château de Versailles in France. It's a historic fact, you research by yourself.
I plan on seeing this palace in 26! Wow I didn't know!!
La reggia di Caserta, negli anni 90 incato' tutti i membri del G 7,, per la sua bellezza !
I visited Caserta. Beautiful. But a lot of the Palace was bombed in WW2. Only 1 hour by train from Rome.
We visited from the States a few years ago. The palace is huge, but not nearly as magnificent as many others across Europe. It is clear that it was neglected for many years. It stands now in the middle of a gritty area, completely out of place with its surroundings. Many of the rooms had no minders, and one docent watched lazily as rude Russian children climbed on furniture that was roped off. However, the water garden behind the palace is magnificent and well worth the price of admission. It and the grand staircase has been used in many movie and tv productions. Even in its well-worn condition, the palace is well worth a visit.
A nightmare 😂😂😂😂😂😂 wake up
The staircase at 12:41 reminds me of the famous Balthasar Neumann staircase at the Wurzburg residence.
Agree, thought the same when I saw it in this precious video.
I remember visiting here with my ex-girlfriend. We had such a wonderful time together.
After we had broken up, she told me that she had just got back home after having a date from there.
Honestly, I didn't know how to deal with it? It was such a horrible feeling to realise that the special memories you cherished were shattered by the person you love the most.
The pain of that day I will never forget.
You don't seem very well adjusted mate
@paperinik69 honestly mate, I'm devastated by it. I suffer with it everyday.
@Marco-iy7lt thinking and reliving it telling the story to anybody won't help. To get over it you have to get over it and do different things, it's easier said than done but there is no point doing anything else.
@Marco-iy7lt thinking and reliving it telling the story to anybody won't help. To get over it you have to get over it and do different things, it's easier said than done but there is no point doing anything else.
@@paperinik69 I know what you mean. Put it this way, I don't go to bed crying my eyes out, I focus on what I need to do in my day. I shared this because I had good memories of being there, only to be overshadowed by someone else's selfishness. A situation like this makes you a passive victim, as a result of their wrongdoings.
First time new about it existence.
Thank you for highlighting this remarkable achievement of human creativity and beauty. The Spanish kings, whether Bourbon or Habsburg, including those in the Italic Peninsula, were consistently refined patrons of the arts-exporting the finest European art and technology, reflected in infrastructure, far beyond the continent and across the world
Oh I've been! Magnificent! Makes Versailles look like a humble town house and Buckingham Palace like a large shack! 😂
well to be fair, Buckingham started out as the town residence of the Duke of Buckingham and was onlky called Buckingham HOUSE. It was much later that the Hanovers/Saxe-Soburgs bult all that magnificent front part. If you look at it aerieally you can see how different the original core ( in the back near the garden) looks.
@@ZakhadWOWYes, I know pretty well the history and evolution of Buckingham and to be honest, the back facade, towards the private gardens, look much better. The main facade is way too simple (similar to Caserta's facades) and roughly new, made around 1900 if not mistaking.
@@torbergman6977I entirely agree about the Western (garden) front.
The Edwardian Eastern front is a sort of two-dimensional reproduction of Nash's original portico-with-two-projecting (North and South) wings. But minus the Marble Arch.
It does look a bit Louis XVI and the Portland Stone a bit grey. But at least it's better than the Baroque Victorian façade it replaced.
@@ZakhadWOWso it safe to say that the Germans had it built
"Amazing" hardly seems adequate to describe the palace and its grounds. One wonders how many of those rooms Carlo VII actually visited . . . or if any member of his court saw more than a handful or two. A tribute to Italian pride and cultural sensitivity that the palace was restored.
Amazing. I knew nothing of this.
That voice can present anything and turn the experience into a dream!!! The palace grandeur is totally out of human proportion to the point of surpassing to very bad taste: when humans think as if they were gods, totally deprived of humility and tenderness. It is all a show off of material wealth useless nowadays.
Thanks for the clear Engish pronunciation!
It's AI using an American script: no-one English would ever say "Old money mansions". But, for example, two hundred and thirty, not two hundred thirty. And the pronunciation is clearly often faulty, especially of non-English words.
@@spoffspoffington For non native speakers it is essential that both vowels and consonants are spoken clearly. If "internet" becomes "innrnat", "city" becomes "siddy", and "water" becomes "war", this is just hard to understand.
@besserschreiben9481 Yes I understand that. But the attempt at hiding the American origin is bloody annoying for UK English speakers.
I had the opportunity to visit and tour the Palace of Caserta in the 1990’s. I have two lasting impressions, Firstly, the architectural majesty and artistic glory will never come again, and absolutely deserves national and UNESCO support. Second, just as today, it is sad, and vulgar, to think of the millions of impoverished Italians that were politically and socially exploited to deliver this monument.
Why vulgar?
@@wolfganghager8321 Some people are unable to see the vulgarity in oppulent, self-gratifiying excess, embedded in a populace suffering devastating poverty.
Strangely, I was in Naples a lot of times and I never visited that palace.
There is another vast royal palace that has been restored recently and this one is located just outside Turin in north west Italy and it's called "Venaria" .Unfortunately the original gardens were destroyed by the French during the Napoleonic era and have now been replaced by a modern "take" of the original baroque formal garden.
Perhaps if the House of Savoy hadnt been such arseholes and stripped every bit of wealth from the southern kingdom they could, people would have a more favorable look at them, and not all but ignore the Royal Palace in Torino, Venari, and Stupinigi. I had to actually read a lot to learn they were even there.
@@ZakhadWOW Well all of the palaces of the house of Savoy are on Unesco World Heritage list as well as the Pantheon of that dynasty which is the basilica of La Superga. The bodies of King Victor Emmanuel the third and queen Elena have been returned to Italy from exile and placed in the Mondovi rotunda. That's worth visiting too and has the largest elliptical dome in the world.Savoy dynasty united Italy with help of France kicking out the Austrians and the papal forces and of course the Bourbons!
@@kaloarepo288 Il merito dei Savoia fu di aver riunificato l'Italia, i primi dopo Teodorico. Ma i meriti si fermano lì. Non considerarono l'Italia come un regno unico ma come una colonia del Regno di Sardegna. Se così non fosse il Re unificatore, Vittorio Emanuele, avrebbe assunto, come d'obbligo per i reali, il titolo di Vittorio Emanuele I (PRIMO) re d'Italia e non avrebbe mantenuto la numerazione del Regno di Sardegna, chi capisce un po' di araldica e dinastie reali lo nota immediatamente. E come colonizzatori si comportarono. Di fatto, i Savoia unificarono l'Italia per motivi economici, il loro Regno era al collasso finanziario mentre il Regno di Napoli era floridissimo, non fecero altro che trasportare la ricchezza del sud al nord avviando con tali soldi un'opera di industrializzazione e di infrastrutturazione pubblica, nel solo nord, che in pochi decenni creò la distanza economica e sociale che, dopo centocinquant'anni, non ancora accenna a risolversi, tutt'altro. Non che prima dell'unità d'Italia nel sud si stesse meglio che nel nord, le situazioni erano simili (cfr. "Nord e Sud" di F. S. Nitti -1900) nella società civile, anzi, facilitati dal territorio più facile, nel nord vi erano più infrastrutture e scambi che nel sud, ma se le differenze erano minime nel tessuto sociale, non lo erano per le casse dello Stato, ove i Borboni erano straordinariamente ricchi e i Savoia quasi in fallimento. Dopo aver creato la Questione Meridionale con lo scempio delle finanze napoletane che fecero (e aver abbandonato a se stessa l'amministrazione pubblica e giudiziaria nel sud, facendo nascere, per sostituzione, il fenomeno mafioso), aver cambiato tre capitali (Torino, Firenze e Roma) lasciando decadere Napoli, aver combattuto una fallimentare guerra coloniale in Africa, poi una guerra mondiale che, seppur vinta, ci portò 700000 disoccupati e l'agricoltura al collasso, poi aver lasciato il Regno nelle mani di Mussolini e quindi esser entrati nella seconda guerra mondiale dalla parte sbagliata con un esercito poco meglio che ottocentesco, e aver compiuto il tutto in ottant'anni, direi che è difficile trovare una dinastia che abbia fatto di peggio, nella Storia mondiale, in così poco tempo.
@@ernestobonanni5127 Bel commento, complimenti.
Bellissimo...e' stato un Video interessantissimo❤❤❤
Grazie mille!
Bravo Italië
I see you briefly confused Charles VII of France with Charles VII of Naples.
Yes at 3:30 that's the portrait of Charles VII of France (1422-1461) by Jean Fouquet now in the Louvre. I was very impressed by Caserta when I went there 15 years ago.
Beautiful
Nice video about this palace of the Hispanic Monarchy at that time. King Charles that made build this moved to Spain to be crowned as Carlos III and was the first king living in the new Royal Palace in Madrid, double of Versalles and as splendid as this one in Naples so you can dedicate a video and explain features as the colection of kings and queens of Spain rememberd from visigoths to aztec Moctezuma or inca Atahualpa. He did it because it was the richest and most extense kingdom at that time till was balcanized by the British as later did wiith the Otoman Empire and its beautiful Topkapi Palace in Estambul
27 million euros by E U is hardly a drop in the bucket to finance a restoration of this magnitude , it's a laugh .
Buckingham palace a confronto della regia di Caserta è una dependance 😂😂
Why did you have to put Giorgia meloni on the video thumbnail?
Good question! She had nothing to do with the restoration of Caserta.....
She is the Prime Minister of Italy
@@oldmoneymansions I know who she is, but what was her role in restoring Caserta....?
She is hot 🔥
A thumbnail with a hottie on it brings the people 😂
Becuz Giorgia Meloni is Elon Musk's GF. 😏
12:41 these stairs are the same in the film Conclave. I was wondering where is that?
The Star Wars Prequels were filmed in this Palace.!
It sounds unusual to refer to Charles III of Spain as Charles VII of Naples, but indeed he reigned over Naples and Sicily before inheriting the Spanish throne and ultimately renouncing his title to the Kingdom of Naples
Che bello❤
It's not just one of the biggest in Europe, it's THE biggest in the entire world.
Ceausescu?
@@wolfganghager8321 No. first of all that is not a royal palace and the Reggia di Caserta is more then 120 hectares...
Ringraziamo l'unita d'italia
Everything looks a little bit too big. Don‘t want to be on the huge grass areas in the summer.