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Architecture, poetry, and number in the royal palace at Caserta / George L. Hersey.

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The great palace of Caserta, near Naples, probably the largest building erected in Europe in the eighteenth century, became an archetypal expression of absolute monarchy. It was begun in 1752 for Carlo di Borbone, King of the Two Sicilies, who worked closely with its chief architect, Luigi Vanvitell...

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Main Author: Hersey, George L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1983.
Subjects:
Reggia di Caserta.
Vanvitelli, Luigi, > 1700-1773.
Charles > III, > King of Spain, > 1716-1788.
Caserta (Italy) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Architecture, Baroque > Italy > Caserta.
Symbolism in architecture > Italy > Caserta.
Architectural design > Italy > Caserta > History > 18th century.
Palaces > Italy > Caserta > Design and construction.
Architectural design.
Architecture, Baroque.
Buildings.
Palaces > Design and construction.
Symbolism in architecture.
Italy > Caserta.
History.

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