Carlo Vanvitelli (1739–1821) was an Italian architect and engineer, who worked mainly in

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

and its surrounding area. He was the son of architect

Luigi Vanvitelli Luigi Vanvitelli (; 12 May 1700 – 1 March 1773), known in Dutch as (), was an Italian architect and painter. The most prominent 18th-century architect of Italy, he practised a sober classicising academic Late Baroque style that made an ea ...

, and two of his brothers were also architects. Together with Pietro, he apprenticed under his father in the construction of the

Palace of Caserta The Royal Palace of Caserta ( ; ) is a former royal residence in Caserta, Campania, north of Naples in southern Italy, constructed by the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies as their main residence as Kingdom of Naples, kings of Naples. The complex ...

. Both worked at the decoration in Piazza Dante in Naples and at

Villa Giulia The Villa Giulia is a villa in Rome, Italy. It is named after Pope Julius III, who had it built in 1551–1553 on what was then the edge of the city. Today it is publicly owned, and houses the Museo Nazionale Etrusco, a collection of Etruscan ...

. During the last years of his father's life, he resided in Caserta directing the works; when Luigi died (1773), Carlo Vanvitelli became director of the construction. Caserta-reggia-fresco

His other works include Palazzo Berio, Villa Reale, and Palazzo Doria d'Angri.

Biography

Charles and Peter had the same instruction, both worked in the yard of the Palace of Caserta and participated in the construction of the

Aqueduct of Vanvitelli The Aqueduct of Vanvitelli or Caroline Aqueduct () is a aqueduct that supplied water to the Reggia di Caserta and the San Leucio complex from the foot of the Taburno massif and springs of the Fizzo Contrada, in the territory of Bucciano ...

with Francesco and Pietro Bernasconi. In 1759 they collaborated with their father at the Foro Carolino. Their last collaboration was the Collecini for the relief of the Casino di San Nicandro in Barra.

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