Italia Reggia di Caserta 5 Visiting the Palace3

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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 Throne Room
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The Throne Room, which is forty metres long, and
illuminated by six windows, was completed in 1845
for the occasion of the VII Congress of the
Italian Scientists, at the instigation of
Ferdinand II of Bourbon. The ends of the ceiling
display eye-catching bass-reliefs in gilded
stucco of Fame, sculpted by Tito Angelini
(1806-1878) and Tommaso Arnaud (1800-1860)
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The throne, made of carved and gilded wood, has
armrests in the shape of winged lions and two
sirens, symbolising the city of Naples
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Probably created as a throne for a ship judging
by the black-tinted wooden base, equipped with
four handles, it was probably used for the royal
palace in Naples by Ferdinand I of the Two
Sicilies after the Bourbon Restoration
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The architrave of the room is decorated with
portraits of the rulers, from Ruggiero the Norman
to Ferdinand II of Bourbon
Bass-reliefs in gilded stucco sculpted by Tito
Angelini (1806-1878) and Tommaso Arnaud
(1800-1860)
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The long walls are marked by 28 fluted twin
Corinthian columns, with capitals sculpted by
Gennaro Aveta
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The ceiling is dominated by a Gennaro Maldarelli
fresco depicting The Laying of the First Stone of
the Palace
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The Laying of the First Stone (1844) of the
Palace of Caserta, which actually took place on
20 January 1752 (fragment)
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Raffaele Postiglione (1818-1897) David calms the
wrath of Saul by playing the lyre
The visit itinerary continues with the exhibition
"Things Not Seen" located in so-called
Retrostanze (The nineteenth-century back rooms).
In these halls, it presents a selection of
Bourbon Collections artifacts of excellence
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Francesco I di Borbone, re delle Due Sicilie
Regina Maria Isabella de Borbone
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Ceiling
The Billiard Room
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wooden models of the rides that Alfonso of
Bourbon commissioned for the park adjoining the
"Favorita", the favorite residence by Maria
Carolina von Habsburg, wife of Ferdinand IV of
Bourbon
Carolina Murat better known as Caroline Bonaparte
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Intarsia is a woodworking technique that uses
varied shapes, sizes, and species of wood fitted
together to create a mosaic-like picture with an
illusion of depth. Complex designs and refinement
of the art developed in Naples circa the
beginning of the 17th century 
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Marquetry is the art and craft of applying pieces
of veneer to a structure to form decorative
patterns, designs or pictures. Marquetry differs
from the more ancient craft of inlay, or intarsia
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Carved wood cradle used by Maria Pia di Savoia
(1934) and his brother Vittorio Emanuele IV (1936)
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Michelangelo Russo Madonna col Bambino 1855
Window detail
Cradle detail
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The cradle of King Vittorio Emanuele III (1869)
is a precious product of Neapolitan eclecticism.
Designed by the painter Domenico Morelli
(1823-1901) 
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The cradle of King Vittorio Emanuele
III (details)
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The room of the Sedan chair of Pius IX
Bust of Pontifex Pius IX by Lorenzo Bartolini,
1849
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The sedan chair used by Pope Pius IX in the
period of Roman Republic of 1848-49, when he was
guest of the Neapolitan sovereigns in Gaeta
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Pius IX blessing the Bourbon of Naples Royal
Family, by Francois Vervloet
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The private chapel of Pope Pius IX
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The private chapel of Pope Pius IX
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The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine by
Correggio (original in Louvre)
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The bedroom of Joachim Murat (decorate in the
empire style)
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The bedroom of Joachim Murat
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Second antechamber of Joachim Murat
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Second antechamber of Joachim Murat
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Il generale Massena
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Second antechamber of Joachim Murat,
ceiling The reproach of Hector to Paris for
the abduction of Helen fresco by Giuseppe
Cammarano
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First antechamber of Joachim Murat
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First antechamber of Joachim Murat
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First antechamber of Joachim Murat Telemachus
repaired by Minerva from the darts of Cupid,
fresco by Franz Hill
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King Joachim of Naples' bathroom
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Text Internet Pictures Sanda Foisoreanu
Gabriela Cristescu
Internet All  copyrights  belong to their
 respective owners Presentation Sanda
Foisoreanu
2018
Sound Domenico Scarlatti - Martha
Argerich - Sonata in D minor K141