 Faraglioni as seen from the sea | |
  Faraglioni | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Tyrrhenian Sea |
| Coordinates | 40°32′24″N14°15′11″E / 40.540121°N 14.252961°E |
| Highest elevation | 109 m (358 ft) |
| Administration | |
Italy | |
| Region | Campania |
| Metropolitan City | Naples |
| Comune | Capri |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
The Capri faraglioni (Neapolitan : Faragliune 'e Capri) are three small rocky islets (stacks) in the Bay of Naples, off the island of Capri. Their notable shapes result from erosion due to wind, rain, and sea waves.
Part of the Campanian Archipelago, they are named: [1]
Their short distance from the shore create a scenic effect. They are world-famous and can be watched from the sea, or from several viewpoints, such as Via Krupp, Villa Monacone, or the Gardens of Augustus. [2]
With the advent of tourism in the 19th and 20th centuries, the faraglioni rose to the status of "natural monuments", as well as the island's most iconic symbols. They were immortalized in numerous paintings by Josef Rebell, Johan Christian Dahl, Albert Bierstadt, Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach, William Stanley Haseltine and others.
With the advent of chronophotography, Étienne-Jules Marey recorded a short footage of the faraglioni titled Vague, baie de Naples. [3] Later, with the development of cinema and the media, they were featured in several films, among which the most famous are The Emperor of Capri with Totò (1949) and The Second Tragic Fantozzi with Paolo Villaggio.
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Villa Solitaria, also known as Casa Solitaria or La Solitaria, is a national historic house built between 1907 and 1910 via del Pizzolungo on the island of Capri by Edwin Cerio (1875–1960), a prominent Italian writer, engineer, architect, historian, and botanist
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