Anacapri and Capri

which way?

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:00:16 GMT

which way?

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Story of San Michelle Villa_San_Michele Axel_Munthe

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:03:31 GMT

Story of San Michelle Villa_San_Michele Axel_Munthe

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The bedroom Villa_San_Michele Axel_Munthe

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:03:28 GMT

The bedroom Villa_San_Michele Axel_Munthe

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Nowt left - mosaic at kitchen doorway. Copy of mosaic from Pompeii. A...

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:03:42 GMT

Nowt left - mosaic at kitchen doorway.

Copy of mosaic from Pompeii. A skeleton with wine carafe and water jug. Meaning =one should enjoy life while one can. Death lurks round the corner.

Munthe was obsessed all his life with thoughts of death. “the giver of life, the slayer of life, the beginning and the end.”

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Kitchen

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:03:51 GMT

Kitchen

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Dining room

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:03:47 GMT

Dining room

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Studio

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:03:57 GMT

Studio

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Small garden

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:04:06 GMT

Small garden

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Garden

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:04:16 GMT

Garden

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Loggia delle sculture marble topped table

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:04:18 GMT

Loggia delle sculture
marble topped table

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Loggia delle sculture twisted leg table

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:04:27 GMT

Loggia delle sculture
twisted leg table

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Of this space Munthe wrote 'the soul needs more space than the body' (I...

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:04:35 GMT

Of this space Munthe wrote 'the soul needs more space than the body' (I have to agree)

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Etruscan sphinx. Sorrento peninsular over the water.

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:04:38 GMT

Etruscan sphinx.
Sorrento peninsular over the water.

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Looking down on Capri and Marina Grande from Villa San Michele

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:04:47 GMT

Looking down on Capri and Marina Grande from Villa San Michele

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Egyptian sphinx

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:28:27 GMT

Egyptian sphinx

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Egyptian sphinx from the Phoenician flight of steps

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:28:36 GMT

Egyptian sphinx from the Phoenician flight of steps

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White Baroque facade of Chiesa Monumentale di San Michele, which is located...

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:30:30 GMT

White Baroque facade of Chiesa Monumentale di San Michele, which is located in the historic centre of Anacapri. It was built from 1698 to 1719 and founded by a nun from Capri named Mother Serafina di Dio. Today the church is home to the Congregation of the Immaculate Conception who look after the preservation and maintenance of this magnificent church.

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The wonderfully preserved floor dates from 1761 and was created by Leonardo...

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:30:00 GMT

The wonderfully preserved floor dates from 1761 and was created by Leonardo Chiaiese, one of the best ceramic artists working in Naples in the 18th century.

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Little used main door - the floor has hardly ever been walked upon - note...

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:30:10 GMT

Little used main door - the floor has hardly ever been walked upon - note walkways.
During religious services, the artwork is protected beneath carpeting.

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Majolica tiled pavement of the octagonal nave showing an interpretation of...

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:30:15 GMT

Majolica tiled pavement of the octagonal nave showing an interpretation of Adam and Eve's despair at their expulsion from Eden, amidst a surreal vision of a brightly colourful earthly paradise inhabited by many fantastical creatures.

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cattle, goats and sheep

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:29:54 GMT

cattle, goats and sheep

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dog

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:30:06 GMT

dog

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Entrance to nave, seen from the organ loft, above the main door. Entrance to...

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:30:24 GMT

Entrance to nave, seen from the organ loft, above the main door.
Entrance to the public lower left corner.

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Piazza Umberto I, known as La Piazzetta is dominated by the Clock Tower...

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:42:56 GMT

Piazza Umberto I, known as La Piazzetta is dominated by the Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio) originally the Bell Tower of Saint Stephen's Cathedral (only the tower remains). This is the tourist centre of Capri.

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Gardens of Augustus in Capri (Giardini Augusto) Afrodite a Capri by Semiramis...

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:43:01 GMT

Gardens of Augustus in Capri (Giardini Augusto) Afrodite a Capri by Semiramis Zorlu 1997

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Faraglionis - Stella, di Mezzo and di Fuori - Capri's legendary trio of sea...

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:43:06 GMT

Faraglionis - Stella, di Mezzo and di Fuori - Capri's legendary trio of sea giants.

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Via Krupp, a road which was the idea of Friedrich Alfred Krupp, the German...

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:43:11 GMT

Via Krupp, a road which was the idea of Friedrich Alfred Krupp, the German steel industrialist. The road, today closed to the public, was built in 1902 on a project by Emilio Mayer. It starts here and zig-zags its way to Marina Piccola. According to architect R. Pane, it proves "that even a road can be a work of art".

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Marina-Grande, Capri

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:43:15 GMT

Marina-Grande, Capri

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Marina-Grande, Capri

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:43:20 GMT

Marina-Grande, Capri

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Marina-Grande, Capri

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:43:24 GMT

Marina-Grande, Capri

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