Caserta
6 places
History & archaeologyReggia di Caserta
Caserta
Vanvitelli's grand staircase, then three kilometres of garden climbing all the way to the waterfall, among fountains and mythological statues designed to astonish the Bourbons.
- History & archaeology
Belvedere di San Leucio
Caserta
Ferdinando IV's silken utopia: a factory-village where silk was woven for the courts of Europe, with the looms and the workers' houses gathered around the belvedere.
- History & archaeology
Reggia di Caserta — Collezione Terrae Motus
Caserta (CE)
In the halls of the Reggia di Caserta the Terrae Motus collection brings together the art born from the shock of the 1980 earthquake, from Warhol to Beuys, willed by the gallerist Lucio Amelio.
VillagesCasertavecchia
Caserta (CE)
On the ridge of the Tifatini mountains, this intact medieval borgo (old village) hugs the Norman cathedral with its Arab-Sicilian geometries, stone alleys and the cool air rising from the plain of Caserta.
CastlesCastello di Casertavecchia
Caserta (CE)
In the medieval borgo (old village) of Casertavecchia stand the ruins of the castle and its cylindrical tower, overlooking the plain of Terra di Lavoro.
Nature & hikingOasi WWF Bosco di San Silvestro
Caserta (CE)
A former Bourbon hunting reserve behind the Reggia, today a protected wood where holm oaks and oaks climb two hills and silence has replaced the royal hunts.