Its construction is due to the initiative of Carlo Angiò, who in 1266 defeated the Swedes , ascended the throne of Sicily and established the transfer of the capital from Palermo to Naples .
The presence of a monarchy was set up outside the Naples urban planning around the center of royal power , constituting an alternative urban center , formed from the port and from the two main castles adjacent to it , and Castel Capuano Castel dell 'Ovo . This relationship between the royal court and town planning had already manifested with Frederick II, who in the thirteenth century, in the Swabian statute had focused more attention on the castles overlooking the city walls at all . The two castles joined the main existing Angevins , New Castle , which was not only fortification but above all their grandiose palace.
The royal residence of Naples had been until then Castel Capuano, but the ancient Norman fortress was judged inadequate to the function and the king wanted to build a new castle by the sea .
Awarded the project to the French architect Pierre de Chaulnes , the works for the construction of Castrum Novum took off in 1279 to finish just three years later, a very short time considering the construction techniques of the period and the total amount of the work. The king , however, never lived there : Following the revolt of the Sicilian Vespers , which cost all'Angioino the crown of Sicily , conquered by Peter III of Aragon and other events , the new palace remained unused until 1285 , the year of death of Carlo I.
Not much is known of how the Angevin fortress , of which only one survives the palace chapel .
The castle rebuilt by Alfonso of Aragon occurs irregularly trapezoidal in plan and was defended by five cylindrical towers , four coated piperno and tuff , and crowned with battlements on corbels . The three towers on the side facing the earth, where is the entrance , are the towers " San Giorgio ", " Middle " and " Guard " (from left to right) , while the two on the side facing the sea take the name of the tower , " Gold" and tower " Beverello " ( again from left to right). The castle is surrounded by a moat and towers rise on large bases in slope , in which the texture of the stone blocks takes on complex drawings , drawing examples Catalans.The scale Catalan (Torre Beverello)
The internal staircase to each of the towers , it is commonly called scale Catalan . The same port on the roof of the castle, where in the past the lookouts were placed on guard to control from any incoming enemies.
On the northern side opens at the tower " Beverello ", one of the lancet windows of the "Hall of the Barons ", while the other two windows overlook the eastern side, one facing the sea and the other along the back wall of the " palatine Chapel " , with narrow lancet window between two polygonal towers . Protected from the other corner tower known as " Gold" , then follows a body of advanced factory that originally supported a covered loggia and a section with two loggias .
On the south side , opposite the pier beverello , overlaps , finally, a long porch .
The presence of a monarchy was set up outside the Naples urban planning around the center of royal power , constituting an alternative urban center , formed from the port and from the two main castles adjacent to it , and Castel Capuano Castel dell 'Ovo . This relationship between the royal court and town planning had already manifested with Frederick II, who in the thirteenth century, in the Swabian statute had focused more attention on the castles overlooking the city walls at all . The two castles joined the main existing Angevins , New Castle , which was not only fortification but above all their grandiose palace.
The royal residence of Naples had been until then Castel Capuano, but the ancient Norman fortress was judged inadequate to the function and the king wanted to build a new castle by the sea .
Awarded the project to the French architect Pierre de Chaulnes , the works for the construction of Castrum Novum took off in 1279 to finish just three years later, a very short time considering the construction techniques of the period and the total amount of the work. The king , however, never lived there : Following the revolt of the Sicilian Vespers , which cost all'Angioino the crown of Sicily , conquered by Peter III of Aragon and other events , the new palace remained unused until 1285 , the year of death of Carlo I.
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Not much is known of how the Angevin fortress , of which only one survives the palace chapel .
The castle rebuilt by Alfonso of Aragon occurs irregularly trapezoidal in plan and was defended by five cylindrical towers , four coated piperno and tuff , and crowned with battlements on corbels . The three towers on the side facing the earth, where is the entrance , are the towers " San Giorgio ", " Middle " and " Guard " (from left to right) , while the two on the side facing the sea take the name of the tower , " Gold" and tower " Beverello " ( again from left to right). The castle is surrounded by a moat and towers rise on large bases in slope , in which the texture of the stone blocks takes on complex drawings , drawing examples Catalans.The scale Catalan (Torre Beverello)
The internal staircase to each of the towers , it is commonly called scale Catalan . The same port on the roof of the castle, where in the past the lookouts were placed on guard to control from any incoming enemies.
On the northern side opens at the tower " Beverello ", one of the lancet windows of the "Hall of the Barons ", while the other two windows overlook the eastern side, one facing the sea and the other along the back wall of the " palatine Chapel " , with narrow lancet window between two polygonal towers . Protected from the other corner tower known as " Gold" , then follows a body of advanced factory that originally supported a covered loggia and a section with two loggias .
On the south side , opposite the pier beverello , overlaps , finally, a long porch .
