The constructions started in 1752, but Charles VII became king of Spain in 1759, and abdicated in favour of his third son Ferdinand IV, who only partially completed the original project. However it still got 1200 rooms, a large library, a theatre and a chapel, inspired by Versailles.

There is also an English garden from 1780, designed by Luigi Vanvitelli's son Carlo and John Graefer, a from origin German landscape designer. 

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