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”