Capri Augustus Gardens - Via Krupp
Panoramic gardens and an incredible feat of engineering.
The Gardens of Augustus are only few minutes' walk from the Piazzetta, near the Via Krupp, the road which was the idea of Friedrich Alfred Krupp, the German steel industrialist, who - for this end- purchased the "Fondo Certosa" (Certosa Estate), on a part of which rise the Gardens.
The road -today still closed to the public- was built in 1902 on a project by Emilio Mayer. It starts here and characteristically zig-zags its way to Marina Piccola. According to architect R. Pane, it proves "that even a road can be a work of art".
The Certosa of San Giacomo (Carthusian Monastery) is only few steps from the Gardens. It was founded in 1371 by Count Giacomo Arcucci, secretary to the Queen Giovanna I of Naples. The monumental building marks an incomparable moment in the traditional architecture of Capri.
The charming and panoramic Via Tragara leads to a Belvedere bearing the same name and to the Faraglioni rocks lower down.
How to arrive:
From Piazza Umberto I, walk along Via Vittorio Emanuele, Via F. Serena and Via Matteotti (15 mins.)
On your way back to Via Matteotti, the Carthusian Monastery may be easily reached. Then, follow Via Ignazio Cerio, Via Camerelle and Via Tragara.
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- Faraglioni
- Marina Piccola
- Marina Grande
- Piazzetta
- Historic center of Anacapri
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- Villa Jovis
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- Charterhouse of St. Giacomo
- Tour of the island
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- Mount Solaro
- Villa San Michele
- Migliera
- Towers and Forts
- Punta Carena
- Villa Damecuta
- Beyond the Island of Capri
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