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Hampton Court Palace

60 min

Schönbrunn Palace

60 min

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The Royal Palace of Caserta

60 min

Kensington Palace

60 min

Neuschwanstein Castle

60 min

Edinburgh Castle

60 min

Château de Fontainebleau

60 min

Peles Castle

60 min

Royal Palace of Stockholm

60 min

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Lukshmi Villas Palace

60 min

World's Greatest Palaces

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The Royal Palace of Caserta

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Sep 23, 2019

The Royal Palace of Caserta is the largest palace in the world. The gigantic structure lies 30km north of Naples and has 1200 rooms on five floors, spread across 762,000 square metres. The palace combines stunning architecture with mind-boggling engineering to create a truly unique building. Caserta was the main hub of the Bourbon-ruled Kingdom of Naples. Architect, Luigi Vanvitelli created Caserta for King Charles VII in 1752. To bring water to the palace from the Taburno Mountains over 40km away, Vanvitelli created the Caroline Aqueduct. At a gradient of just half a millimetre per metre, the water system it is a mathematical marvel.And, within the palace grounds is a silk factory that dates back to the 18th century and still functions to this day.

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World's Greatest Palaces

TV Series

20191h6.0

Documentary

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The Royal Palace of Caserta

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Sep 23, 2019

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