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The historic core of the entire building is the Appartamento di Etichetta, located on the main floor. It has been open to the public since 1919, when it was included among the State Institutes of Antiquities and Art. The Gallery, which follows the Throne Room, retains its original 17th-century fresco decoration depicting the Glories of the House of Spain, painted by Belisario Corenzio. The Flemish Room houses a unified collection of Flemish painters\u2019 portraits, including The Tax Collectors by Marinus van Reymerswaele. Among the furnishings, a rare musical clock<\/strong> by Charles Clay from 1730 stands out. The next two rooms, part of the Queen\u2019s Private Apartment<\/strong>, preserve their elegant 18th-century white and gold stucco ceilings in refined Rococo style. Among the paintings, notable is Venus, Cupid, and a Satyr by Luca Giordano. Connecting the Appartamento di Etichetta<\/strong> with the 19th-century Private Apartments of the Sovereigns<\/strong>, the Neoclassical Vestibule<\/strong> features an exedra structure and leads to the so-called Strangers\u2019 Staircase. In this room, a patinated and gilded bronze table<\/strong> with an inlaid marble top is displayed, inspired by artifacts excavated in Pompeii.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the Appartamento di Etichetta, paintings, marble, stuccoes, tapestries, and precious furnishings narrate the lives of the palace\u2019s inhabitants, along with key moments in the history of Italy and Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":678,"parent":5819,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5860","sedi","type-sedi","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/palazzorealedinapoli.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sedi\/5860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/palazzorealedinapoli.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sedi"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/palazzorealedinapoli.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sedi"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/palazzorealedinapoli.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sedi\/5860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6723,"href":"https:\/\/palazzorealedinapoli.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sedi\/5860\/revisions\/6723"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palazzorealedinapoli.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sedi\/5819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/palazzorealedinapoli.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/palazzorealedinapoli.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt consists of three antechambers leading to the Throne Room, the first of which stands out as the waiting area once reserved for the diplomatic delegations\u2019 entourage. This room is dominated by Francesco De Mura\u2019s ceiling painting, The Royal Genius and the Virtues of Charles and Maria Amalia.
\nThe Throne Room<\/strong>, featuring a neoclassical ceiling designed by Antonio De Simone with Allegories of the Twelve Provinces of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, houses the 19th-century throne and portraits of court figures, kings, princesses, and queens.<\/p>\n
\nNext is the Sala di Maria Cristina<\/strong>, which includes a small private oratory dedicated to the devotion of Ferdinand II\u2019s first wife, who died giving birth to the future Francesco II and was later beatified by the Catholic Church.
\nThe following Gran Capitano Room features a ceiling frescoed by Battistello Caracciolo in the early 17th century, illustrating The Stories of Gonzalo de C\u00f3rdoba and the Spanish conquest of the Kingdom of Naples, led by the Great Captain, who became its first viceroy.<\/p>\n
\nThe adjacent King\u2019s Study<\/strong> contains remarkable furniture crafted in Paris between 1810 and 1812 for the Quirinale Palace, later acquired by Joachim Murat.
\nThe ceiling of Room XIV, the Queen\u2019s Chamber<\/strong>, is adorned with gilded stucco, recalling its original use as Queen Maria Amalia\u2019s private bedroom in the 18th century. The central doorway leads to the alcove, frescoed by Nicola Maria Rossi with A Wish for a Happy Offspring.<\/p>\n
\nIn the Second Antechamber of the Queen<\/strong>, paintings from the Farnese collection are displayed, including two works by the Mannerist painter Bartolomeo Schedoni: The Charity of Saint Elizabeth and The Workshop of Saint Joseph.
\nThe First Antechamber of the Queen<\/strong> is dedicated to Still Life paintings, a genre influenced by Iberian-Flemish culture that flourished in Naples from the 15th century, reaching its peak in the 17th century with the naturalistic trend. The displayed 18th- and 19th-century paintings reflect the iconographic revival of Baroque still life.<\/p>\n