On the cliffs of Capri, where bougainvillea tumbles down stone walls and the Tyrrhenian Sea glitters like glass, stands Il Capri Hotel—a Venetian-Gothic palazzo reborn as one of the island’s most alluring retreats. Painted a signature shade of dusky pink, the building has watched over Capri since the late nineteenth century. Today, after a meticulousContinue reading “Il Capri Hotel: Pink Palazzo Perfection in Capri”
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Villa Malaparte, Capri: A Modernist Monument on the Edge of the Sea
Perched on the cliffs of Capri’s Punta Massullo, its red walls blazing against the Tyrrhenian Sea, Villa Malaparte is one of the most arresting houses of the 20th century. At once austere and theatrical, it is both architectural landmark and cinematic icon, immortalised in Jean-Luc Godard’s Contempt (1963). Few houses better embody the interplay ofContinue reading “Villa Malaparte, Capri: A Modernist Monument on the Edge of the Sea”
My World of Interiors 