Caserta PalaceConstruction on the palace begun in 1752, the king wanted it to be as grandiose as Versailles. The purposes for building it were to have a new administrative capital for the Kingdom of Caserta and to protect the court from possible attacks from the sea. Apparently the palace has about 1,200 rooms and about 2 dozen state apartments and is everything lavish on the inside, however we wouldn't know because for some strange reason the Europeans close establishments down in the middle of the week if they don't feel like having it open. So, who knew they would be open Monday, not Tuesday, then open the rest of the week?! Yes, we were a little ticked!
*Just a little excerpt from Wikipedia: Caserta was used as the location for Queen Amidala's Royal Palace on Naboo in the 1999 film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and again in the 2002 film Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones as Queen Jamillia's palace. The same room was also used in Mission: Impossible III as Vatican City. In fact, the square where the Lamborghini is blown up is actually the square inside the Palace.
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