The viceroy Fernandez Ruiz de Castro, who in 1559 wanted a great palace to host the king and the Spanish court, built the Royal Palace of Naples. Domenico Fontana, a well-known architect at the papal court had the commission.
The works started in 1600 and went on for centuries. Gaetano Genovese enlarged the original plan and gave the palace a unified, architectural line and completed the building in 1843. The Royal Apartment is the core of the building. A monumental marble large staircase decorated with allegoric bas-reliefs on the bottom line leads to the Apartment.

Royal Palace
Piazza del Plebiscito, 1

Tel. 081.5808111; 848.800288
Sito web: www.palazzorealenapoli.it
Closed on Wednesdays Open: Thu to Tue
Hours: 9.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Tickets fares: Adults € 4.00 - UE residents 18 - 24 € 2.00 - under 18 e over 65 free