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Royal Palace
The palace of the Spanish viceroys and Bourbon kings, with a grand staircase and royal rooms, on the vast Piazza del Plebiscito.
- Open
- Closed Wednesdays
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1½ hours
- Address
- Piazza del Plebiscito 1, 80132 NaplesDirections
- Getting There
- Municipio or Toledo metro station.
Why Go
Begun around 1600, the palace shows the apartments, throne room and court theater of the kings of Naples, and its façade has statues of eight rulers of the city.
The square in front, closed to traffic, faces the domed church of San Francesco di Paola, modeled on Rome's Pantheon.
Nearby in Naples
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