The ‘Vanvitelli Halls’ will be on the first floor of the Royal Palace with access to the Body Guards Hall.
Consisting of four halls of the royal quarters, they’ll be complimented by a multimedia system reading of historic sources.
These sources include artistic literature popular in Maestro Vanvitelli’s time as well as readings from specialized studies commonly undertaken during the period.
The purpose is to educate the public on Vanvitelli's life, as he was a true ‘architectural rockstar’ of the 1700s.
There will also be a large interactive wall dedicated to the Royal Palace's building site.
It’s all a part of the permanent exhibit called "1773-2023: Luigi Vanvitelli, the Maestro and his heritage".
The project is supported and promoted by Caserta's Royal Palace Museum, in cooperation with the municipality of Caserta.
General Director of the Royal Palace of Caserta, Tiziana Maffei, said that among the many events commemorating the anniversary of Vanvitelli’s death, there was “nothing that talked about his life and the 'world' he operated in”.
"For this reason we thought of dedicating four of the rooms that reopened on the first floor to Vanvitelli's life," she said.
In the first room known as the ‘King's Room’, Vanvitelli is introduced to the visitor and greets them.
The architect's sculpture - a replica of the one placed in the centre of the town of Caserta - opens the exhibit while to its right, on a multimedia player, his memoirs can be seen.
In these rooms one can find a portrait of Vanvitelli, an oil on canvas by painter Giacinto Diano and the wooden model of the facade of the Royal Palace of Caserta.
The journey to discover the man and the maestro continues in the other three rooms.
Art historian and officer of the Royal Palace, Vincenzo Mattarella, believes “a tribute dedicated to its architect, Vanvitelli, had been missing for years".
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