The Royal Palace of Caserta, about 22 miles (35 km) north of Naples, was designed by Luigi Vanvitelli for Charles VII of Naples, later Charles III of Spain, for the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Construction began in 1752, and Carlo Vanvitelli and others continued after Luigi died in 1773.
The article calls the style Late Baroque and early Neoclassical and gives no materials. The palace measures 810 by 623 feet (247 by 190 m), rises 135 to 138 feet (41 to 42 m) and holds 1,200 rooms. Vanvitelli's full project was never finished, and Charles left in 1759 without sleeping there.
The Italian Air Force Academy used it from 1923 to 1943, and it became Allied headquarters in 1943. German forces signed their surrender there on April 29, 1945. UNESCO listed it in 1997. It is now a museum, and the article gives no hours or ticket details.
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