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14 (SM volume 164)

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14 (SM volume 164)

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Caserta. Decr 29 1778 / Brick & Stone / The Cupolas / to the Wings / & Center are not built. / Naples. Palazza Branccaccio (Brancaccio), Octangular / Staircase, inlaid with Marble, the / Steps inlaid with Giallo Antico & / Verde, the balustrade form'd with / different Marbles, the whole in / a most expensive & bad style. / It is not finished; falling into ruinsThe vast Palazzo Reale, Caserta (20 miles north of Naples) was built from 1752 to the designs of Luigi Vanvitelli (1700-73). The exterior was completed in 1774 except for the central dome and corner towers where were never carried out. The interior has an open octagonal vestibule from which rises the richly decorated staircase.

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Drawing

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