Castel dell'Ovo
The 24-year-old new king tried to resist, but the French troops had already occupied much of the northern territories of the kingdom. The Neapolitan troops on the Liri and Garigliano rivers were obliged to retreat when the fortresses of Capua and Gaeta fell. The treason of a party in Naples rendered it impossible to defend the city against the approach of Charles VIII, who entered Naples on 20 February 1495. In the capital, only Castel dell'Ovo resisted, defended by Alfonso d'Avalos.