tredy.com  
prenota
 
ricerca | HELP private Aggiungi la Tua Struttura

Apartments in Florence, Perugia, Rome, Sorrento and Positano

English   Italiano   Deutsch   Francaise

 
 
from
     
from to
     
to
 
  • You are in: Home » musei » THE ROYAL PALACE - Naples

THE ROYAL PALACE - Naples

THE ROYAL PALACE - Naples

The Royal Palace of Naples was built as the king of Spain Philip III was supposed to be coming to visit Naples and it was felt that the other royal residences were not suitable for a king to stay in. The Royal Palace was designed by Domenico Fontana at the beginning of the XVII century as the viceroy Ferrante di Castro wanted to be built. But in the XVIII century it was restored by Luigi Vanvitelli. Some of the arches of the façade were filled with niches as the architect Vanvitelli thought that the palace was in danger of collapsing as it wasn’t stable. Later Gioacchino Murat and Carolina Bonaparte decorated the royal palace with neoclassical furniture and porcelain (China ware). In 1837 a fire broke out and damaged the building. That is the reason why it was restored by Gaetano Genovese. It was damaged also during the last war and then it was renewed once again. In 1888 the king of Italy, Umberto I placed in the arches of the façade 8 statues representing the most important kings of the various dynasties who ruled Naples over the centuries: Roger the Norman, Frederick II of Swabia, Charles I of Anjou, Alfonso I of Aragon, Charles V of Spain, Charles of Bourbon, Joachim Murat, Victor Emanuel II.

Nowadays its first floor has been transformed into a museum and it houses the National Library.

As regards the museum, it is difficult to describe each room, but noteworthy in particular are the Theatre, The throne Room and the Great Capitan’s Room..

The Theatre:
It was the Old Ball Room turned into the Royal Theatre by Ferdinando Fuga in 1768. Half destroyed by a bomb during the last war, it was restored in the middle of this century. It was transformed into the Royal Thetre when the king Ferdinand IV of Bourbon married Maria Carolina of Austria. It is decorated in rococò style and the paper-pulp statues surrounding the hall represent the Muses, Minerva, Apollon and Mercury. In 1994 the G7 members met in that room.

The Throne Room:
The Throne room is in Empire style and dates back to the year 1850. In the vault there are 14 female figures symbolizing the various districts of the Bourbon Kingdom. In front of the throne there is portait of Ferdinand I of Bourbon who is pointing out the church of San Francesco di Paola, which is in front of the Royal Building. On the right and on the left of the throne two paintings represent the ambassadors of Tripoli and of Turkey. In the same room another painting showes Victor Emanuel III, king of Naples, when he was a boy: he was born in that building in 1869. The chandelier is made of crystal from Bohemia.

The Great Capitan’s Room:
This room is dedicated to Don Salvo de Cordoba, the Spanish capitain who conquered the Kingdom of Naples in 1503. Since then Naples was no longer the capital of the kingdom but just the capital of one of the Spanish dominions. The vault was painted by Battistello Caracciolo and it represents the great capitain. In the same room a precious portait of Pier Luigi Farnese by Tiziano Vecellio is kept.

 
museums archive
MAP OF ITALY
cartina italia
Abruzzo
Apulia
Calabria
Emilia Romagna
Lazio
Lombardy
Molise
Sardinia
Trentino-S. Tyrol
Umbria
Aosta Valley
Basilicata
Campania
Friuli V. Giulia
Liguria
Marche
Piedmont
Sicily
Tuscany
Veneto
PARTNER AREA
STRUTTURE RICETTIVE
strutture Login
Aggiungi la Tua Struttura
TRAVEL AGENCIES
Agenzie di viaggio Login
Affiliation
WEB SITES
website Login
Become our partner

WELCOME TO TREDY
ITALIAN RECIPE OF THE DAY
PASTIERA - Sweetmeat of Naples
PASTIERA - Sweetmeat of Naples

Knead the flour, butter, sugar and eggs together quickly. Make a ball of the dough and let rest in the refrigerator for at least one hour. To prepar the filling: soak the grain ... continue

Read more Italian recipes
MUSEUM OF THE DAY
CAPITOLINE MUSEUM - Rome
CAPITOLINE MUSEUM - Rome

The two lateral palaces house the CAPITOLINE MUSEUM which contains a very rich collection of classical marbles, the oldest public collection in the world (1471). In the courtyard of the ... continue

See more Italian museums
ascolta l'intervista di tredy.com su radio24
TOP DESTINATIONS
Adria Coast, Aeolian Islands, Alessandria, Altopiano Delle Rocche, Amalfi Coast, Aosta, Assisi, Asti, Bari, Brescia, Capo Vaticano, Capri, Catanzaro, Chianti, Cilento, Cinque Terre, Coast Of Marche, Conero Coast, Dolomites, Egadi Islands, Elba, Florence, Garda Lake, Gargano, Ischia, Italian Riviera, Lake Como , Langhe Piedmont, Lecce, Lucca, Lunigiana, Macerata, Mantova, Maremma Tuscany, Monferrato, Montepulciano, Naples, Perugia, Pesaro Urbino, Pisa, Pistoia, Positano, Prato, Procida, Riviera Of Palms, Rome, Salento Coast, Salerno, San Gimignano, Sardinia, Sicily, Siena, Sorrento, Terni, Tiber Valley Of Tuscany, Treviso, Turin, Val Gandino, Veneto, Venice, Viterbo
Who we are | Regions | Photogallery | SiteMap