Reggia Di Caserta
Vanvitelli's technical and engineering capabilities, together with his sense of scenographic drama led Charles VII of Naples to commission the grandiose Palace of Caserta, intended as a fresh start for administering the ungovernable Kingdom of Naples. The size of the palace and gardens that recalls the Palace of Versailles.
Vanvitelli worked on the project for the rest of his life, for Charles and for his successor Ferdinand IV. In Naples he designed the city's royal palace (1753) and some aristocratic palaces, and churches. His engineering talents were exercised as well: for Caserta he devised the great aqueduct system that brought water to run the cascades and fountains.
Luigi Vanvitelli died at Caserta in 1773.
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