The Bourbon royal palace or
Reggia of Caserta is being "ruined" by a visitor surge, unions
who work at the famed site said Tuesday.
"The decorated flooring and the exquisite furniture is under
great stress, especially because of the free Sunday openings at
the beginning of the month," a union spokesman said, urging the
openings to be reduced.
The palace once used by the kings of Naples, is an
18th-century former royal residence near Naples and a UNESCO
World Heritage site open to the public, whose new director Mauro
Felicori was appointed through an international application
process.
The Reggia, built to rival Louis XIV's Paris chateau of
Versailles by the dynasty that ruled Naples, saw a string of
structural collapses in recent years, while its grand waterworks
ran dry because of local farmers punching holes in pipes for
their crops.
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