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The Reggia di Caserta In 1750 Charles of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies, bought from the heirs of the family Acquaviva lying at the foot of Monti Tifatini, where he found a small village and a pyramidal tower. The cost was 489, 343 ducats, but the expenditure was deemed necessary for the realization of a project that has long caressed the sovereign, namely the military and administrative reorganization of the kingdom. One initiative that did not want simply to build a palace that compete with that of Versailles, but that was aimed to give the kingdom a new capital, far from the sea and the threats that could come from this. For this project so ambitious and costly, it was necessary to hire an architect to the task. The Royal Palace of Caserta was designed by Luigi Vanvitelli, instructed by Charles III of Bourbon, to make a monumental building.

THE PARK OF REGGIA, is divided into three areas. The first, located behind the building, is for the parterre, then become a green lawn affected the white straight avenues, and includes left the old wood, so called because the existing building of the Palace, and right grasslands surrounded by espaliers erboree. The second, which climbs to the foot of the waterfall where you turn up the hill to Briano, shall consist of the fountains, made under the direction of Carlo Vanvitelli. The third area, which was not part of the initial project is on the English Garden. The intent of Vanvitelli, the Park of the Palace was to have the same grandeur of the Palace. The architect designed an avenue so that the waterfall from the palace measured three miles, flanked by oaks, with vast meadows surrounded by trees, parterre and essences of various plants that draw square flowerbeds and water. ORARILunedì total closure of the monumental Park Royal 8.30 - 14.30 Apartments historical 8.30 - 19.30 English Garden 9.30 - 13.30 guided tour with a short distance from Caserta and on the homonymous mountain, there is the village of San Leucio wanted daFerdinando IV of Bourbon and built to designs by Luigi Vanvitelli. Inside you will find the Casino Royal Belvedere and where the plant for nearly three centuries produced the finest silk.