Anacapri View.Italy
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Anacapri View.Italy
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_4441
Description
The island of Capri has two principal towns, Capri town and Anacapri. Anacapri is on a high plateau above Capri town, with the two towns linked by a zigzag road down the cliffs. Before the road was constructed in the late nineteenth century, Anacapri's only connection with the outside world was via a flight of steps called the Scala Fenicia (Phoenician Steps), which still leads steeply down the mountainside to Marina Grande, the island's port. Axel Munthe, resident in Anacapri in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century (whose memoirs are a good preparatory read), wrote that he encountered Anacapri villagers who had never been to Capri, and vice versa. The two settlements are historic rivals and even nowadays they have completely different atmospheres and attractions. Anacapri is peaceful, residential, and still feels like a village, while Capri is expensive and full of smart hotels. Capri is a municipality of Campania, Italy, in the Province of Naples, situated on the island of Capri. It comprises the centre and East of the island, while the West belongs to Anacapri.
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John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Jennie Breeze
Thank you Jim! Great to be featured in your COMFORTABLE ART group homepage.
Jennie Breeze replied:
Appreciate being selected & featured in your CELEBRTING COASTAL art group homepage. Thanks Betsy!