Luigi Vanvitelli turns 320 and his masterpiece Reggia celebrates him for the whole day

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 marks the 320th anniversary of Luigi Vanvitelli ’s birth, and the Reggia di Caserta is celebrating it for the entire day. The life, art, commissions, the birth of the Reggia project and its realization will be narrated with stories, images and insights on the website of the Vanvitellian Complex, on social channels Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and on the Anchor, Spotify and Spreaker platforms.

The narrative will start with his origins, his family and his relationship with his father, the painter Gaspar van Wittel. It will trace the beginnings of his career, from his appointment as architect of the Fabbrica di San Pietro to the renovation of the Villa Rufinella dei Sacchetti in Frascati. The birth of the imposing and majestic Reggia commissioned by Charles of Bourbon will be recounted to the audience with the possibility of listening, in podcast, to the words of Vanvitelli himself: “He ratified to me that the king and queen are delighted with me, that they love my sincere talk and that they await with great pleasure my return with the design.” This will be followed by the laying of the foundation stone and the unfinished spiral staircase, a project from which the Royal Palace of Caserta is starting with a vertical tour experience of the Royal Palace.

The initiative will continue with the Royal Park, the English Garden and theCarolino Aqueduct with the story of the search for the springs. On April 25, 1752, Vanvitelli wrote, “I have been six days on horseback, I have seen much water ... I will report this to the King.”

It will be a social marathon with trivia and anecdotes that will open a three-year journey of in-depth study and study of the great work, ahead ofMarch 1, 2023, when the 250th anniversary of the architect’s death will occur. These three years will therefore include major restoration and functional adaptation works aimed at ensuring the Royal Palace of Caserta’s cultural, educational and museum destination.

Ph.Credit Reggia di Caserta

Luigi Vanvitelli turns 320 and his masterpiece Reggia celebrates him for the whole day

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