Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Isles of Capri, Florida. Coordinates: 25°58′58″N 81°43′39″W. Isles of Capri is an island community located in unincorporated Collier County, Florida. The isles are a grouping of four mangrove islands that were developed and connected in the 1950s. [1] The isles are connected by Capri Boulevard, and can be accessed from nearby SR 951 ...
Capri (/ ˈkæpri / KAP-ree, US also / kəˈpriː, ˈkɑːpri / kə-PREE, KAH-pree; Italian: [ˈkaːpri]; adjective Caprese) 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. The largest settlement on the island is the town of Capri.
Dog Key Island (also known as the Isle of Caprice) is a former barrier island on the Gulf Coast of the United States, between Ship Island and Horn Island among the Mississippi–Alabama barrier islands, and off Biloxi, Mississippi. It has been reported as an island occasionally — in the mid-19th century and the early 20th — while at other ...
History of Capri. Coordinates: 40°33′N 14°14′E. The island of Capri is situated in the Gulf of Naples, between the Italian Peninsula and the islands of Procida and Ischia. Made of limestone, its lowest part is at the center, while its sides are high and mostly surrounded by steep precipices, which contain numerous caves.
The Blue Grotto (Italian: Grotta Azzurra) 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 the water a blue glow that illuminates the cavern. The cave extends some 50 metres (160 ft) into the cliff at the ...
The Campanian Archipelago ( Italian: Arcipelago Campano ), also called Neapolitan Archipelago ( Arcipelago Napoletano ), is an archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea, in southwestern Italy. It principally comprises 5 islands: Capri, Ischia, Nisida, Procida, and Vivara. Most of the archipelago belongs to the Metropolitan City of Naples (and ...
Via Krupp. Coordinates: 40°32′49″N 14°14′33″E. Location of Via Krupp on the south coast of Capri near Marina Piccola. Via Krupp is a historic hairpin turn paved footpath on the island of Capri, connecting the Charterhouse of San Giacomo and the Gardens of Augustus area with Marina Piccola. Commissioned by the German industrialist ...
Villa San Michele. Coordinates: 40°33′26″N 14°13′30″E. Looking east from Villa San Michele towards Capri harbor (Marina Grande) Map of Capri with Villa San Michele shown north-east of Anacapri. The Villa San Michele was built about the end of the 19th century on the isle of Capri, Italy, by the Swedish physician and author Axel Munthe ...