Italy · Restored
Castel Capuano
Castel Capuano is a medieval castle and former royal palace in Naples, named for its position on the road to Capua. Built in the 12th century and modified over later centuries, it became the city's Hall of Justice (the Vicaria) and housed legal offices and a basement prison. The building still stands in central Naples, although many restorations have altered its original medieval appearance.
Its prime
1535
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1535
The shape it held in its prime.
Large multi-storey stone palace occupying a street corner at the southwest end of Via dei Tribunali, with a long, austere stone façade and a principal arched entrance surmounted by the imperial arms of Charles V. The building presents heavy masonry walls with regular window openings, basements opening below street level that served as a prison, and a rear façade facing a public piazza with a fountain at its base; in front of the entrance stood a single punishment column.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1535.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Castel Capuano — including 3 interiors: basements serving as prison, vicaria — legal offices and departments, room of sergianni caracciolo. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Castel Capuano with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1535 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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