Villa Cimbrone. Ravello

by Jennie Breeze

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Villa Cimbrone. Ravello

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Jennie Breeze

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Photograph - Img_4207

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Award winning photograph presently showcased at the prominent Pizziera Ortica(awarded 2015 Best Italian Restauarant and Best Bar in Orange County) in Costa Mesa, Ca. Photo of Villa Cimbrone, which is an historic building in the hill town of Ravello, on the Amalfi coast of southern Italy. Dating from at least the 11th century AD, it is famous for its scenic belvedere, the Terrazzo dell'lnfinito (the Terrace of Infinity). Much altered and extended in the early twentieth century by Ernest William Beckett (later Lord Grimthorpe), the villa is today composed of many salvaged architectural elements from other parts of Italy and elsewhere; little of the original structure remains visible. Right at the edge of the crag there's a terrace commanding an enchanting view; it is surrounded by marble statues which, however, from afar, have an of appeal. The gardens were redeveloped by Beckett at the same time. The villa is now a hotel, its gardens open to the public. Villa Cimbrone stands on a rocky outcrop known as "Cimbronium", and it is from this landscape feature that the villa takes its name. The earliest references to the villa date back to the eleventh century AD, when the villa belonged to the Accongiogioco, a noble family. It later passed to the ownership of a wealthy and influential family, the Fusco, who are also recorded in 1291 as owning the local church of S. Angelo de Cimbrone.

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September 12th, 2012

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