| In 1948 English composer William Walton married the beautiful Argentine Susana Gil. He was 46 and she 22. In 1956 they bought land on Ischia, most of it a stone quarry. Lady Walton later wrote, 'To make an exotic garden out of a lava riverbed needed wild dreams strengthened by blissful ignorance.' The gardens were designed by Russell Page and contain hundreds of rare plant species from around the world. Ischia is a lovely island, with long sandy beaches, hot mineral springs, vineyards covering the slopes of Monte Epomeo, and the poetic ruins of an Aragonese castle. |
Ischia - Castello d' Aragonese at Dawn |
Ischia - Castello d' Aragonese at Dusk |
Ischia - Castello d' Aragonese Under a Full Moon |
Ischia - Sant'Angelo 01 |
Ischia - Sant'Angelo 02 |
Ischia 01 - Storm Clouds Massing |
Ischia Ponte 01 |
Ischia Ponte 02 |
Ischia Ponte 03 |
Ischia Porto 04 |
Ischia Porto 07 |
Ischia Porto 08 |
Ischia Porto 10 |
La Mortella 02 |
La Mortella 03 |
La Mortella 04 |
La Mortella 05 |
La Mortella 06 |
La Mortella 07 |
La Mortella 09 |
La Mortella 11 |
La Mortella 12 |
La Mortella 13 |
La Mortella 14 |
La Mortella 15 |
La Mortella 16 |
La Mortella 17 |
La Mortella 18 |
La Mortella 20 |
La Mortella 21 |
La Mortella 23 |
La Mortella 24 |
La Mortella 25 |
La Mortella 30 |
La Mortella 31 |
Tempio del Sole 01 |
Tempio del Sole 02 |
Tempio del Sole 03 |
Tempio del Sole 04 |
Tempio del Sole 05 |
Tempio del Sole 06 |
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