9/15 Sunday
We decide to spend Sunday with a
visit to the Palace Real, a great building fronting the grand plaza near the
waterfront. It’s the plaza that we always find strangely empty, except for a
tour group here and there. The palace is guarded by three or four military
people, whose uniforms include a very jaunty little cap.
We
get our audio guides and start touring through the palace rooms. It’s as grand
as Versailles, in a way, but with a certain Naples cachet. There aren’t much of
the original furnishings remaining, but the ceilings and walls are incredibly
ornate. Except, that is, for one great room that had been a military office in
WWII. For some reason, they took the time to plaster the ceiling white.
It
is remarkable to see how royalty lived: the gilded walls, the beautiful marble,
the elaborate furnishings. There are no photos or videos allowed, and Bob’s
shutterfingers are twitching the whole time. When we complete our tour, we come
into a hall and see a table full of video surveillance equipment. Nearby, a
group of security guards are hanging out, chewing the fat, as it were. “HEY!”
says Bob, “Nobody is watching those cameras!” We seize the opportunity to run,
discretely, back to the beginning of the tour. Bob takes out his phone and
videos a speed walk through the rooms, grabbing shots all through each room.
HA!
1 Video Included
Naples Palace Reale
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