Capri
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Capri is an island located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrento Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples in the Campania region of Italy. A resort destination since the time of the Roman R
View from Massa Lubrense, Campania
The ruins of Villa Jovis, completed by Emperor Tiberius in AD 27
Certosa di San Giacomo, a Carthusian monastery founded in 1363
Villa Behring, where Maxim Gorky lived from 1909 to 1911
Blue Grotto (Capri)
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The Blue Grotto is a sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri, southern Italy. Sunlight shining through an underwater cavity is reflected back upward through the seawater below the cavern, giving
Capri
…has 13,451 inhabitants. The island is characterized by its rugged limestone landscape, sea stacks (faraglioni), coastal grottoes including the renowned Blue Grotto, and high cliffs overlooking the sea. Notable features include the harbours of Marina Grande and Marina Piccola, the panoramic Belvedere of Tragara…
Inside the Blue Grotto
Painting by Jakob Alt, 1835–36
A diagram of how daylight illuminates the cave through the underwater opening.