The Ospedale L'Albergo Reale dei Poveri in Naples was designed by Ferdinando Fuga for Charles III of Bourbon, to house the destitute and ill and create a self-sufficient community where residents could learn trades. Construction began in 1751. The text gives no completion date and says plans to complete the original design were abandoned in 1819. The infobox gives Neoclassicism, which the text does not name.
The design had five courtyards and a central church, but only the three innermost courtyards were built. The text gives the length as about 1,161 feet (354 m) in one place and 384 m when construction stopped in 1819 in another. It has five floors. The infobox calls it a palace, while the text calls it a former almshouse.
It once housed over 5,000 people in separate wings for men and women. The facade was restored in 2006. The central area now hosts exhibitions, conferences and concerts. The article gives no hours.
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