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| Caserta, Italy Photo: Ihor Cap |
Thus and
so, the new city of Caserta grew in importance alongside the development
of Italy’s most enchanting Palace. Luigi Vanvitelli died 21 years
later and his son Carlo completed the remaining details. Today,
Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, says the following about this
Versailles-like residence (“Reggia”) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caserta
):
It is
one of the most visited monuments in the country. Inside are more than
1200 rooms, decorated in various styles. It has been the set for several
famous movies such as Star Wars and Mission Impossible III. The park is 2
miles (3.2 km) long and contains many waterfalls, lakes and gardens, as
well as a very famous English garden.
As well,
the new edition Caserta (undated) tourist guide has this to say about the
Royal Staircase with its lions:
The
117 steps are carved in one single block of sedimentary stone of Trapani,
and to their sides there are two enormous and wonderful marble lions; in
the wall to their backs there are a door and more over a big niche with a
statue of Tommaso Solari which represents the Royal Majesty with the
Truth to his right and the Merit to his left.
The Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy: Slide Show of over 50 photos
Transportation
You can
get to Caserta Nuova (New) by using the Italian railway network. The
trains are affordable, reasonably quiet and comfortable. They are also quite fast. We
arrived to Caserta Nuova from Naples in less than one hour.
Once
inside the Palace, you can decide whether you want to walk straight up to
the top of the spectacular waterfall, take a horse and carriage up there
or for only one Euro, take the tourist bus right up to the waterfall. We
decided to hop on the bus the way up and enjoy the most enchanting 2-mile
stretch walking back to the Royal Palace where once Kings and royalty
frolicked about.
So, when
you are in Italy, do not miss the magnificent splendor of elegant rooms
within the walls of the Palace of Caserta. It is one of the finest examples of the Baroque era.
Plus, if you get hungry and thirsty at the end of the day, you can always
stop by the Palace cafeteria with the rest of the simpletons for drinks
and snacks.
MSN Live Search
has a wonderful search feature to calculate distances between cities for
any country in the world. (See http://www.live.com/) I used it to arrive
at the distances between various known Italian cities and Nuova itself. See Table 1 below. I had to
go to another useful site to convert between miles and kilometers and
that offers dozens of quick links for other conversions too.
(See http://www.onlineconver
sion.com/length.htm)| From | To | Approx. Distance |
| Aversa | Caserta Nuova (New) the location of the Palace | 22 km (13.7 miles) |
| Benevento | Caserta Nuova
(New) the location of the Palace | 99 km (61.4 miles) |
| Caserta Vecchia (Old) | Caserta Nuova
(New) the location of the Palace | 11.7km (7.3 miles) |
| Marcianise | Caserta Nuova
(New) the location of the Palace | 8 km (5 miles) |
| Maddaloni | Caserta Nuova
(New) the location of the Palace | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
| Rome | Caserta Nuova
(New) the location of the Palace | 199 km (123.6 miles) |
| Santa Maria Capua Vetere | Caserta Nuova
(New) the location of the Palace | 7.6 km (4.8 miles) |
| Naples | Caserta Nuova
(New) the location of the Palace | 45 km (28 miles) |
Author: Ihor Cap, Ph.D. Ihor Cap is an Education Research Specialist, a web author and Marketing and Promotions Manager for EzReklama.
Source: http:articlesandblogs.ezreklama.com
Bibliography
Caserta The Royal Palace. The Paintings of the 800. The Great
Waterfall. The English Garden. Old Caserta. (undated, new edition).
Libri Completi. Proprita materiale e fotografie: Vincenzo Alfonsi -
Edizioni Alfonsi - Tutti i dirittiper testi e foto riservati -
Riproduzione anche parziale vietata.
Internet Bibliography
This article was first published April 30, 2009 in
http://articlesandblogs.ezreklama.com.
