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One of the island's most famous foreign gay exiles was Norman Douglas; his novel South Wind (1917) is a thinly fictionalised description of Capri's residents and visitors, and a number of his other works, both books and pamphlets, deal with the island, including Capri (1930) and his last work, Footnote on Capri (1952). [citation needed]
The book that spawned the 19th century fascination with Capri in France, Germany, and England was Entdeckung der blauen Grotte auf der Insel Capri (Discovery of the Blue Grotto on the Isle of Capri) by German painter and writer August Kopisch, in which he describes his 1826 stay on Capri and his (re)discovery of the Blue Grotto.
Isle of Capri may refer to: Capri, the Italian island; Isle of Capri Casinos, an American gaming company "Isle of Capri" (song), a song written in 1934; Isle of Capri, Queensland, a neighbourhood name within the Suburb of Surfers Paradise, on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
"Isle of Capri" is a popular song. The music, a tango foxtrot, was written by Wilhelm Grosz , [ 3 ] with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and was published in 1934 . [ 3 ] Ray Noble and his Orchestra with vocalist Al Bowlly , recorded it in London, UK, on August 30, 1934. [ 1 ]
Villa Jovis is situated in the very northeast of the island atop Monte Tiberio; its 334 m elevation makes it the second-highest peak of Capri, after Monte Solaro (589 m elevation) in Anacapri. [ 2 ] The north wing of the building contained the living quarters, while the south wing saw administrative use. [ 3 ]
Piazza Umberto I. Piazza Umberto I (or Piazza Umberto Primo [1] from the 1930s, La Piazzetta, meaning "little square"; nicknamed, "the little theater of the world") [2] is the most famous square of the island of Capri, Italy.
Capri is a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples situated on the island of Capri in Italy. It comprises the centre and east of the island, ...
Painting by Jakob Alt, 1835–36. 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.