On a hill overlooking the Gulf of Naples stands the Royal Palace of Capodimonte , commissioned in 1738 by King Charles of Bourbon , son of Elizabeth , Queen of Spain and last heir of the Farnese dynasty.
Rai Storia, a journey into the Royal Palace of Capodimonte
The palace, immediately intended to be a court residence and a prestigious museum, was definitively transformed into a national museum in 1957. Keti Ricciardi 's special , directed by Antonio Masiello , for " Italy . Journey into Beauty", is dedicated to this "Palace for Art", broadcast Monday at 22.10 pm on Rai Storia.
Accompanying viewers on this journey are Sylvain Bellenger , director of the Capodimonte Museum; Angela Cerasuolo , chief restorer of the Capodimonte Museum; Renata De Lorenzo , historian; Riccardo Lattuada , art historian; Patrizia Piscitello , Alessandra Rullo and Antonio Tosini , who work in various sectors of the museum.
And here it is possible to retrace the entire history of art through the greatest masters of painting from Simone Martini to illustrious names in contemporary painting such as Burri and Warhol.
The special airs on Monday night
A museum that over the centuries has been gradually enriched with furnishings, tapestries, precious furnishings, such as the marvelous Farnese casket in solid silver, rock crystal and lapis lazuli, a masterpiece of Renaissance goldsmithing.
The eighteenth-century collection of biscuit porcelain artefacts is very rich, testifying to the splendor of the Bourbon court. A journey through this wonderful Royal Palace, set in a landscape of great value.
Surrounded by a park and a forest, a green lung that has remained intact since the times when it was chosen as a favorite place by the Bourbons for hunting, an activity at the time considered a true state function.
