Regine: weavings of culture and diplomacy between Naples and Europe

From December 20, 2025, the Royal Palace of Caserta inaugurates the international exhibition “Regine: weavings of culture and diplomacy between Naples and Europe,” organized by the Reggia di Caserta Museum in collaboration with Opera Laboratori, under the patronage of the Network of European Royal Residences, and curated by Tiziana Maffei and Valeria Di Fratta. Over two hundred works from prestigious Italian and European museums and institutions will be displayed in the Gran Galleria of the Royal Palace. The Museum of the Ministry of Culture, recognized UNESCO World Heritage site, closes 2025 with an exhibition dedicated to the sovereignesses who, between the eighteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, made a decisive contribution to the construction, affirmation, and dissemination of a shared European culture. From Elisabetta Farnese to Maria Amalia of Saxony; from Maria Carolina of
Austria-Lorraine, through the Napoleonic decade of Julie Clary and Caroline Murat, to the Bourbon Restoration with Maria Isabella; from Maria Cristina of Savoy to Maria Theresa of Austria-Teschen, up to Maria Sophia of Bavaria and the Savoy Queens – Margherita, Elena of Montenegro, and Maria José of Belgium.