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Area:suburbs of Naples : Tourist spot World Heritage

It is the royal residence in Naples. In 1750, the Bourbon king Charles III decided to build the Royal Palace as ideal center of the new Kingdom of Naples, by that time autonomous and released from Spanish aegis. It was the largest palace and one of the largest buildings erected in Europe during the 18th century. It has a rectangular plan articulated on factory buildings, facing onto four large inner courtyards and covers an area of about 47,000 square meters for a height of 5 floors equal to 36 meters. The palace was inscribed as a world heritage site in 1997.
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