Thursday 1 April 2021
An impressive chunk of limestone soaring from the Tyrrhenian Sea, Capri has been attracting attention since Roman times: the notorious Tiberius ruled the empire from the cliff-top Villa Jovis, and in the mid-19th century the island became a magnet for artists, intellectuals, aesthetes and especially writers, drawn by the inspirational scenery, gentle climate and dreamy, liberal lifestyle: Capri makes you forget everything, remarked Lenin when visiting Maxim Gorky here in 1910. In order to see this embed, you must give consent to Social Media cookies. Open my cookie preferences.
View from Villa San Michele in Capri.
Matthew Buck