The Royal Palace of Naples
the other three are above the royal palace of Capodimonte in Naples, the Royal Palace of Caserta and Royal palace di Portici
on the slopes of Vesuvius. Of considerable size, the building overlooks the majestic Piazza del Plebiscite on the current and was built in 1600 by Domenico Fontana on the order of the then Viceroy Count of Lemos. It would have to host King Philip III of Spain, since in Naples with his wife on a visit that never happened. The palace became the residence of the Spanish
viceroys and then those from Austria and, subsequently, the Bourbon kings of the house. After the unification of Italy was elected residence of the kings of Naples House of Savoy.

Was damaged by fire in 1837 and later restored from 1838 to 1858 at the hands of Gaetano Genovese who extended and
adjusted without changes. In 1888, for want of Umberto I, the niches were occupied by gigantic statues outside of the
kings of Naples: Roger the Norman, Frederick II of Swabia, King Charles I of Anjou Alfonso I of Aragon, Charles V, Charles III of Bourbon, Joachim Murat, and Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy. The bombing during the Second World War and subsequent military occupation caused serious damage to the building that made it necessary restoration by the Superintendency of Monuments.
The front porch with floor-standing two rows of windows is 169 meters long, are evident in its center the arms real Viceregal. It retains the original forms, except those of the porch, where in the late eighteenth century through the work of Vanvitelli, the gates were closed alternately to increase the soundness of the building, creating niches, arches closed.
Inside we can admire the rooms actual label on the main floor, which have not undergone any change. In the seventies of the twentieth century some of the rooms have been converted into a gallery of artwork and sorted on the basis of thematic and historical styles.
Nalla Room I Ferdinando Fuga in 1768 designed the Court Theater, the room retains its original twelve statues in papier mache sculptor Angelo Viva depicting Apollo, Minerva, Mercury and the nine Muses. We now come to the Throne Room is the place where the king received all his guests. The throne of gilded wood, with lions empire under the arms, can be dated back to 1850, while the canopy back to the eighteenth century. On the walls are portraits of the characters really existed, from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, including Ferdinand I of Vincenzo Camuccini. On the ceiling of 1818, however, there are personifications of the fourteen provinces of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies with coats of arms and insignia of the kingdom.





