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The Museum of Capodimonte
The construction of the Palazzo Reale di Capodimonte was undertaken in 1738 in the adjacent area where the eponymous Bosco in 1734 Charles of Bourbon, had decided to create a great hunting ground and a residence of the Court, in striking position of the gulf and the city below. The work, directed by Giovanni Antonio Medrano, were oriented from the outset, the establishment of a structure to accommodate the rich Farnese collection inherited by Charles of Bourbon. The building is constructed in a longitudinal axis through the succession of three large porches and courtyards connecting, open to the outside with large arches and the two tables have strict facades severe Doric style and taste neocinquecentesco measured, paced by strong membering piperno gray, cleverly contrasting with the red Neapolitan plastered walls, and the succession of large windows on the main floor and smaller apertures to the other levels.
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Farnese and Bourbon collections are the core areas of the museum’s holdings of Capodimonte. The origin of the Farnese collection should be to policy and the cultural choices of Alessandro Farnese (1468-1549), who, even before he became pope under the name of Paul III, had cultivated the interest in collecting art and antiques. In 600 a large part of the collection was transferred to the ducal residences of Parma and Piacenza, and finally Charles of Bourbon, the King of Naples in 1734, decided to transfer the collection, inherited from his mother Elizabeth Farnese, the capital of his new kingdom. Collections Bourbon, the complex story full of commissions, purchases, deletions monastic, bequests and donations, witness the development of the Neapolitan school of 200 to 700. The large wealth comes mostly from important religious complexes of Naples and its province, selected to enter the collections of the Royal Bourbon Museum. The museum is spread over three floors: the first floor, in addition to the Apartment Town, the rich collection farnesiana on the second floor gallery is located in Naples, and finally, the third floor is exposed collection of nineteenth and contemporary art.
