I don't remember how I stumbled upon this breathtaking site years ago, but even tody 50 years on, I still am awed at how quickly it was built, and where did all the awesome talent come from? He certainly employed a lot of people in this remote town. Humanity is capable of such greatness, and also of such malice.
@OurBigItalianAdventure
28 күн бұрын
Agree on all counts.
@stephaniemoulds8307
2 ай бұрын
Fabulous palace but my favorite the incredible fountains in the gardens
@OurBigItalianAdventure
2 ай бұрын
I agree entirely. For a visit, the garden should be the priority.
@NicksMech
2 ай бұрын
you should also visit the Royal Palace of Venaria (Turin) if you have never seen it, it is wonderful! greetings from Ferrara
@OurBigItalianAdventure
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tip. We were in Torino last year and really liked it. Mostly undiscovered by Americans and a great town. Unfortunately, we weren’t aware of Venaria at the time. Poor reconnaissance, I guess
@andreadimatteo1036
2 ай бұрын
Let me to add some corrections. The palace was never abandoned, it was very well preserved in '800 century. During the WWII there was one bombing that made very little damage. It was choosed as headquarter by Allies and in it there was the surrender of german troops in Italy. The american soldiers made many big damages to the palace. The walls were drilled to allow the passage of electrical and telephone cables, many furnishings were ruined and an enormous quantity of small works of art were stolen by the soldiers as a souvenir of the war. The palace is very well known everywhere in the world, it was visited by one million of visitors last year.
@OurBigItalianAdventure
2 ай бұрын
Good corrections. Thanks. It’s not well-known in the US, though. I have rarely heard anyone mention it. It’s a shame.
@captainufo4587
5 ай бұрын
Room to room access was common from the middle ages all the way to the early modern era, not just in Italy but in all of Europe. It helped with airflow and heating during the cold season (air flows naturally from room to room much better if they open in a sequence rather than having them open on a hallway). People indeed had to walk through someone else's room, but private bedrooms and apartments usually were at the corners of a building, so to be on a dead end. On the noble floor (that is, where the owner/lord of the mansion lived), the rooms in the middle were either living rooms, offices, studies, music/reading rooms, etc, or destined to the lord's personal chamber servant and staff.
@OurBigItalianAdventure
5 ай бұрын
Thanks! This all makes sense. I’ve wondered about this for years. Now I have a good explanation.
@texasburbs4380
Ай бұрын
common in m any homes in the south US as well....always thought my grandmas house was odd since you just walked through all the rooms. LOL
@OurBigItalianAdventure
Ай бұрын
Very interesting.
@donroberts5091
2 ай бұрын
It is a beautiful palace and garden. If you go on the 1st Sunday of the month, the admission is free as are the admissions to most Italian museums.
@OurBigItalianAdventure
2 ай бұрын
Good tip, and here it’s very useful. At a major museum, those Sundays can be a zoo.
@ZakhadWOW
4 ай бұрын
Mille Grazie for this brilliant and thorough video about one of the most amazing places Ive ever visted. Ive seen 3 other MASSIVE palaces, which were converted to the world finest museaums: Winter Palace (Hermitage) in Leningrad, THe Louvre Palace in Paris, and the Vatican Museum, a former palace for the extensive Vatican hierarchy. I have also visited Versailles, going all the way from that main entrance in the giant courtyard, to the farthest SW wall/gate area.. Miles from the front gate. I was stupid enough to try and row down the grand canal, but my hands were NOT up to that task! LOL I was stationed at the Naval Support Activity, Hospital specifically from 1987-1991 when it was in the Agnano district, so I got to see many wonderful things in Campania!
@OurBigItalianAdventure
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the support of the video and our channel. It encourages us as we work to produce more videos. (We’re in Puglia right now, a region new to us snd and a fascinating one, so we’ll have a series of videos out in the next few weeks.) We really enjoyed the Reggia di Caserta, but since it’s little known, especially compared to Campania’s other sights (Pompeii, Ercolano, Amalfi), it gets overlooked. The video has gotten more views than we expected, which is nice. Another favorite place of ours is Paestum. We were there in 1989, when it was on no one’s radar. We walked nearly alone among the ruins of the many still standing temples. I’ve heard it’s become much more crowded, but I still recommend it to friends, especially if the haven’t seen Agrigento. I’d love to see the Winter Palace and St. Petersburg someday, but who knows when that might be possible. That was quite a row to attempt! Oh, to be young enough again to even think of trying! Thanks for your service to our country.
@paddygoodwin7508
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this very informative video I am hoping to visit next week and really looking forward to it with the benefit of your excellent presentation…
@OurBigItalianAdventure
5 ай бұрын
I think you’ll enjoy it. It’s a bit different from other palaces, especially in the gardens.
@susancalvert8059
5 ай бұрын
Very interesting! I love your videos! 😊
@OurBigItalianAdventure
5 ай бұрын
Thanks! We enjoy making them. Feel free to post any questions. We’ll do our best to answer them.
@daviddeveau5101
3 ай бұрын
Amazing.
@OurBigItalianAdventure
3 ай бұрын
Thanks. It’s a great place to visit and not well known by Americans.
@gozzilla78
5 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
@OurBigItalianAdventure
5 ай бұрын
You’re welcome. It’s a great place to visit and, having been in January I can’t say for sure, but I don’t think it’s too crowded even in the summer, from what I’ve read.
@noone.1711
2 ай бұрын
I don't know how it looks like in the peninsular part of Italy but in the north, in the Alpine regions, including Switzerland, Austria, Bavaria, old noble houses were built without corridor. I lived in Lucerne, in the old town, and my home was like that. And I loved it sooo much! Thank you for the very interesting video!
@OurBigItalianAdventure
2 ай бұрын
Thanks. Very interesting. The houses I’ve seen in central Italy are chopped up rooms, but you don’t need to pass through a bunch of rooms to get to the other end of the house. I don’t know about the south. Of course, in a smaller house, you wouldn’t need to go through a lot of rooms.
@giulianoradice4715
4 ай бұрын
Tutti conoscono la Galleria degli Specchi di Versailles ma ben pochi sanno che c'è una Galleria degli Specchi (o Galleria degli arazzi) anche a Milano a Palazzo Clerici. Ovviamente è molto più piccola ma è molto più preziosa perché fu affrescata da G.B.TIEPOLO, il più grande pittore del millesettecento.
@OurBigItalianAdventure
4 ай бұрын
Grazie! Non ho mai sentito di Palazzo Clerici. Mi è piaciuta la Galleria a Versailles quando l’ho visitata molti anni fa (1997?) quindi devo fare una visita a Clerici la prossima volta a Milano.
@giulianoradice4715
4 ай бұрын
@@OurBigItalianAdventure Milano è sottovalutata. Non è solo la città dell'Ultima Cena di Leonardo ma è anche una città di musei importantissimi. La Pinacoteca di Brera è uno dei musei più importanti d'Europa. Il Museo del Castello possiede la collezione di avori tardo romani e bizantini più importante del mondo. Il N.Y.T. ha definito il Museo Poldi Pezzoli il più bello del mondo. È ovviamente un'esagerazione. Comunque è senz'altro un museo interessantissimo. Avrei moltissime cose da aggiungere ma chiudo raccomandandovi una visita a Bergamo, una città incredibilmente piena di tesori d'arte
@OurBigItalianAdventure
4 ай бұрын
Dobbiamo passare più tempo a Milano. Ci siamo stati solo 2 volte e abbiamo visitato solo i siti più famosi: duomo, La Scala, ecc.
@giulianoradice4715
4 ай бұрын
@@OurBigItalianAdventure a Milano la Pinacoteca Ambrosiana è generalmente trascurata dai turisti: ecco che cosa perdono: la più bella natura morta del mondo (Caravaggio), l'unico ritratto di uomo di Leonardo da Vinci, il Codice Atlantico di Leonardo, capolavori di Tiziano, Guido Reni,Canova,Appiani, Thorvaldsen e, importantissima, la SCUOLA DI ATENE di Raffaello. Ovviamente si dirà che io sbaglio perché tutti sanno che la Scuola di Atene è in Vaticano. Invece no, non sbaglio perché questa Pinacoteca conserva, unica al mondo, il cartone preparatorio di questo capolavoro. È una specie di doppio della Scuola di Atene! Penso di aver abusato della vostra pazienza perciò prometto di non intervenire più.
@OurBigItalianAdventure
4 ай бұрын
No, mi piace queste raccomandazioni. Non sono un esperto nelle cose italiane, e ci aiuti programmare i prossimi viaggi. A proposito di questo, cosa puoi dirci su Torino? Ci abbiamo visitato una volta e ci è piaciuta, quindi vogliamo tornarci.
@markmuller7962
2 ай бұрын
So unfortunate that all the forniture was stolen/looted (by Napoleon maybe? Can't remember 😅)
@OurBigItalianAdventure
2 ай бұрын
That’s a good guess. Though it conceivably could have lasted till unification, when the Italian state removed the property or was removed by the previous royal family. It’s a great question.
@markmuller7962
2 ай бұрын
@OurBigItalianAdventure Just asked ChatGPT lol, apparently yes, it was Napoleon that looted and transfered to France most works of art, furniture, ecc from most grand residences of Campania and most of Italy really including the grand residence the Italian president of the republic the Quirinale. Maybe Tuscany was spared? I don't know
@OurBigItalianAdventure
2 ай бұрын
Good research. Thanks.
@markmuller7962
2 ай бұрын
@@OurBigItalianAdventure You welcome!
@OurBigItalianAdventure
2 ай бұрын
👍
@xwiirastusx
3 ай бұрын
Here are my two cents: Caserta is an exercise in poor taste. It was only built by the Neapolitan branch of the Bourbon family to rival their French cousins palace of Versailles. The buiding is ridiculously out of proportion, overly grandiose and sterile, the gardens, on the other hand, are miniscule compared to those of Versailles, and done on the cheap.
@OurBigItalianAdventure
3 ай бұрын
You make good points. It could be seen that way. All these palaces are oversized and extravagant uses of what was in theory the people’s money.
@solinvictus1234
2 ай бұрын
Well...Versailles it's a poor imitation of the Villa D'Este in Rome that is far more ancient than Versailles....
@OurBigItalianAdventure
2 ай бұрын
@solinvictus1234. We’ll be at Villa d’Este on Saturday. We’re looking forward to it.
@solinvictus1234
2 ай бұрын
@@OurBigItalianAdventure Enjoy it, is mesmerising.
@OurBigItalianAdventure
2 ай бұрын
We’re thinking or a video about Villa Adriano and Villa d’Este. “2000 years of Villas”😉
@arpinekhrlopyan-xi5ti
24 күн бұрын
Do you know the difference between these two options at Palazzo Colonna: Gallery+Princess Isabelle Apartment+Garden GALLERY+APARTMENT+FAI GARDENS
@OurBigItalianAdventure
22 күн бұрын
Sorry, I don’t.
@shirleymancino6809
3 ай бұрын
Very comprehensive and well done video. Thank you. I assume that you will be doing more so I have one comment about the two of you. I would prefer if the female speaker sat upright and does not constantly lean over towards the man. That gives the erroneous impression that he is the most important of the two speakers.
@OurBigItalianAdventure
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for your feedback! I guess I lean in to make sure we are both in the frame, but I will let him lean in from now on!
@danieled.4582
5 ай бұрын
Congratulations for your very precise and detailed videos! Speaking of Italian Reggies in comparison with Versailles, perhaps you don't know the palace of Venaria Reale (near Turin, my city). It is one of the Savoy residences part of the UNESCO site since 1997. It was designed and built BEFORE Versailles which was inspired by Venaria in particular for the gardens with the "telescopic" perspective. After many vicissitudes that led to its near ruin, so much so that in the 1950s someone thought of demolishing it permanently, the palace has been magnificently restored. Come and see it! Greetings from Turin! 😊
@OurBigItalianAdventure
5 ай бұрын
Ciao da South Carolina e grazie per i complimenti! Abbiamo avuto il piacere di visitare Torino due anni fa e siamo stati colpiti dalla bellezza e la cortesia degli abitanti. Abbiamo fatto un tour del palazzo, ma non mi ricordo che è più vecchio di Versailles! Torino è infatti una città che deve sapere più rinomata per turisti, ma forse sarebbe meglio che rimane sotto il radar e non troppo pieno did turisti. L’ultima visita è stata solo due giorni e abbiamo l’intenzione di tornarci, particolarmente che, dopo l’ultima visita, abbiamo conosciuto un professore all’università. Ovviamente, non posso offerti palazzi o altri siti così vecchi qui, ma nostra zona è esplorata nella metà degli ‘500, molto presto per l’America. Purtroppo, rimangono solo alcuni rovini delle fortificazioni degli spagnoli e dopo i francesi e gli inglesi..
@ZakhadWOW
4 ай бұрын
also Stupinigi, SW of TUrin, the Hunting Lodge, so to speak. Versailles combined "summer palace" and Hunting Lodge in one - understandable given the huge forest around it. For the Kingdomof Piemonte/Sardinia you have the Palazzo Reale in TUrn iwht the attached chapel where the shroud is housed, and Venaria as Summer Palace ,and Stupinigi. For the Kingdom of Naples/Two Sicilies you have the Palazzo Reale in Napoli with the attached San Carlo Teatro, a century older than La Scala; Hunting Lodge would be the Palazzo Capodimonte, and then the Reggia di Caserta.
@OurBigItalianAdventure
4 ай бұрын
@ZakhadWOW interesting comparison of these regal residences. Thanks! We’ve visited the Palazzo Reale in Napoli, but unfortunately San Carlo was undergoing renovation. We have also seen the Savoia palace in Torino, but I just learned of the others from you. We really like Torino. This gives us even more reasons to go back soon!
@carmendeledda5799
4 ай бұрын
La Reggia di Caserta ha 2000 stanze e anche un piccolo teatro da 500 posti, bellissimo. Non ha niente da invidiare a Versailles,il giardino è spettacolare e difficilmente replicabile.
@OurBigItalianAdventure
4 ай бұрын
Sono d’accordo. Spettacolare.
@christopherflux6254
5 ай бұрын
I’m going to Caeserta in two weeks
@OurBigItalianAdventure
5 ай бұрын
Great! I hope the weather is nice so you can really enjoy the gardens. They’ll be even nicer in May than when we saw them in late January.
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