| Axel Munthe was born in Sweden in 1857 but spent much of his adult life working as a physician in southern Italy. As a young man he volunteered tirelessly during typhoid and cholera epidemics and earthquake disasters. High up on the rocky ledges of Anacapri, at the foot of Monte Barbarossa, he built a white villa surrounded by a garden. He wrote 'I built it on my knees, like a temple to the Sun, where I would seek knowledge and light from the radiant God whom I had worshipped all my life.' |
Anacapri - Chiesa San Michele in Anacapri |
Anacapri - Chiesa San Michele Majolica Floor |
Anacapri at top of Scala Fenici |
Anacapri street |
Capri - Faraglione from the Sea |
Capri from Villa San Michele |
Capri lanes 01 |
Capri lanes 02 |
Capri lanes 04 |
Capri town |
Capri town after dark |
Capri town at dawn |
Faraglione from Gardens of Augustus |
Marina Grande - Isle of Capri |
Marina Grande - Isle of Capri 01 |
Marina Grande - Isle of Capri 02 |
Marina Grande 04 |
Marina Grande 05 |
Marina Grande 06 |
Scala Fenici to Villa San Michele |
Toward Anacapri & Villa San Michele |
Via Krupp from gardens of Augustus |
View from gardens of Augustus |
Villa San Michele - Anacapri Town Gate at top of Scala Fenici |
Villa San Michele 01 |
Villa San Michele 02 |
Villa San Michele 03 |
Villa San Michele 04 |
Villa San Michele 05 |
Villa San Michele 06 |
Villa San Michele 09 |
Villa San Michele 10 |
Villa San Michele 12 |
Villa San Michele 14 |
Villa San Michele 15 |
Villa San Michele 16 |
Villa San Michele 17 |
Villa San Michele 18 |
Villa San Michele 20 |
Villa San Michele 22 |
Villa San Michele 23 |
Villa San Michele 24 - Castello Barbarossa |
Villa San Michele Sphinx from Scala Fenicia |
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