The Royal Palace of Naples on Piazza del Plebiscito was designed by Domenico Fontana, who began work in 1600. Giulio Cesare Fontana took over in 1607, and Gaetano Genovese rebuilt it after the 1837 fire. Fernando Ruiz de Castro, Count of Lemos, and his wife Catalina de Zúñiga commissioned it, with the stated purpose of honoring Philip III, which the article says was not the real reason.
The infobox says Italian Baroque and Neo-Classical, while the text describes the facade as late Renaissance and Mannerist. Materials are fired reddish clay bricks, piperno and volcanic stone from the Phlegraean Fields. The main facade is 554 feet (169 m) long and was completed in 1616.
A fire struck on February 6, 1837, and Allied bombing hit it on August 4, 1943. It passed to the state in 1919. The Royal Apartment is open to visitors, and the National Library occupies the eastern wing. The article gives no hours or ticket details.
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