Caserta Palace


The Caserta Palace (Italian: Reggia di Caserta), located at is a palace in Caserta, a town situated north-east of Naples. Its Palazzo Reale is the largest royal palace in Italy (and, by volume, in the world), designed by Luigi Vanvitelli and built for the Bourbon King Charles III in the 1750s. It boasts over a thousand rooms and the surrounding park is full of fountains and statuary. There is also an English Garden.

The interior was used in filming the scenes in the Theed Royal Palace for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and again in Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones.

Sources


  • Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace Scrapbook
  • Star Wars: Episode I Insider's Guide
  • Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Scrapbook
  • Star Wars in 100 Scenes

Appearances