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The gardens of the Royal Palace in Caserta-Italy is a typical example of geometrical Italian style, stretch for 120 ha, partly on a hilly terrain. It is inspired to the park of Versailles, but it is commonly regarded as superior in beauty. The park starts from the back facade of the palace, flanking a long alley with artificial fountains and cascades.

The park

The gardens, a typical example of geometrical Italian style, stretch for 120 ha, partly on a hilly terrain. It is inspired to the park of Versailles, but it is commonly regarded as superior in beauty. The park starts from the back facade of the palace, flanking a long alley with artificial fountains and cascades.

The fountains and cascades, each filling a vasca ("basin"), with architecture and hydraulics by Luigi Vanvitelli at intervals along a wide straight canal that runs to the horizon, rivalled those at Peterhof outside St. Petersburg. These include:

* the Fountain of Diana and Actaeon (sculptures by Paolo Persico, Brunelli, Pietro Solari);
* The Fountain of Venus and Adonis (1770-80);
* The Fountain of the Dolphins (1773-80);
* the Fountain of Aeolus;
* the Fountain of Ceres.
---Wikipedia