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The Royal Palace in Caserta

The Royal Palace in Caserta is a magnificent piece of architecture.  Behind the palace is an immaculate garden with ponds and marble statues.  (There are actually more gardens, but we only saw one because it was so cold that day.)

DSCF0600.jpg (67434 bytes)The entrance to the Royal Palace is one of the locations where Star Wars Episodes I and II were filmed.  This is at the top of the Grand Staircase..
DSCF0526.JPG (71447 bytes)This is the exterior of the Royal Palace (viewed from the front).
DSCF0529.JPG (68672 bytes)This is the ceiling in the entrance to the palace.
DSCF0531.JPG (68435 bytes)This is a view from the bottom of the Grand Staircase.

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Statues in one of the gardens behind the palace.
DSCF0549.JPG (69571 bytes)Gwen and Kevin in front of the large fish pool.
DSCF0554.JPG (73064 bytes)A sculpture at the end of the large fish pool.
DSCF0556.JPG (76732 bytes)A close-up of the sculpture.
DSCF0568.JPG (72072 bytes)Another statue.
DSCF0582.JPG (74473 bytes)A statue at the edge of the fish pool.
DSCF0583.JPG (74987 bytes)Kevin sitting at the edge of the fish pool.  (It was COLD that day!)
DSCF0584(gc).jpg (85933 bytes)Gwen at the edge of the fish pool.

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The Actaeon sculpture in one of the gardens behind the palace.  Actaeon was turned into a deer and killed by his own dogs.  Click this link for more information on Actaeon:  http://www.loggia.com/myth/actaeon.html
 
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