Caserta - silk The old town and its Palace — a grandiose residence designed by Vanvitelli, surrounded by bosquets and jeux d´eau, in the heart of the Campania felix — was the fruit of the autocratic and centralising ambitions of Charles of Bourbon, who, having conquered the throne of Naples, decided, like his cousin from beyond the Alps, to build himself an out-of-town Versailles.

Title: Caserta - silk Pages: 156 Tables: 97 Author: Gianni Guadalupi, Cesare de Seta Edition: Italian, French, English Translation: Susan Ashe, Judith Landry Year: 2000 Edited by: Gianni Guadalupi Dimensions: (cm) 30x30 Rilegato: Black silk Photos by: Araldo De Luca, Luciano Romano, Musei e Archivi Collazione: 4 pnn, 150 pn, 2pb Iconographia: Pictorial and photographic views of the royal palace of Caserta Paper: Gardamatt, white Printer: Grafiche Mazzucchelli