Day Three. Visit to the Royal Palace of Caserta.
I’ll leave a link at the bottom for history buffs but the basics are that it is larger than Versailles and was home to Maria Carolina, the sister of Marie Antoinette. Ground was broken in mid 1700s but it was not complete until nearly a hundred years later, the original king, long gone and Italy about ready to give up the king altogether.
Anyway, I came away with two thoughts especially after the Naples visit yesterday. The church and the kingdom siphoned a lot of resources while the people did without and this excess allowed for the growth of an artisan community that eventually benefited Americans when people with these skills immigrated to the US and constructed the buildings and bridges of modern America. Anyway, that was a big thought for a person who walked 30,000 steps in a heatwave.
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