Royal Palace of Caserta

Try to imagine if in the pixels imprinted on the icon The Royal Palace of Caserta opened up like a double time map, in which the palace wanted by Charles of Bourbon in 1752 was no longer just a building, but a baroque clock capable of retaining in its circle the colors of the day and of history.The orange light seems to recall the early years of the construction site, when Luigi Vanvitelli designed a complex that was to compete with Versailles, while the blue shadows recall the subsequent phase, when Carlo Vanvitelli completed the wings and the large parterre, giving definitive shape to the Bourbon dream.In the reflection, the Royal Park appears like an echo of the enormous hydraulic system that powered the scenic waterfall: a highly advanced engineering work for the 18th century, made possible thanks to the Carolino Aqueduct, more than 38 km long.The arches that fade into the horizon recall precisely this journey of the water, which from the sources of the Fizzo descended to the Royal Palace to animate fountains, basins and water features.Here, however, the water ideally rises towards the sky, as if Vanvitelli had designed an infinite circuit between technique and wonder, transformed into a chromatic language.