Certosa di San Giacomo
The Charterhouse of St. James was a Carthusian charterhouse founded in 1363 by Giacomo Arcucci on the island of Capri, in southern Italy. It is now a museum and is used for cultural events.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: MentNFG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: building complex on Capri island
- Also known as: “Saint Giacomo’s Charterhouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museo Diefenbach and Gardens of Augustus.
Gardens of Augustus
Park
Photo: Mentnafunangann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gardens of Augustus, originally known by the name of Krupp Gardens, are botanical gardens on the island of Capri, Campania, Italy. The gardens were established by the German industrialist Friedrich Alfred Krupp in the early twentieth century to build his mansion in Capri.
Grand Hotel Quisisana
Hotel
The Grand Hotel Quisisana is the largest hotel on the island of Capri. It is located in the old town of Capri, opposite to the Hotel Residenza Capri and the Villa Sanfelice, to the south of the Piazza Umberto I. Grand Hotel Quisisana is situated 210 metres north of Certosa di San Giacomo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capri.
Capri
Photo: Paolostefano1412, CC BY 3.0.
The small Italian island of Capri is 5 km from the mainland in the Bay of Naples, a celebrated beauty spot and coastal resort since the days of the Roman Republic until now. It is also part of Campania.
Certosa di San Giacomo
- Categories: church, art museum, Italian national museum, museum of modern art, museum for an artifact of industrial archaeology, Museum of the Italian Ministry of Culture, building complex, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Capri, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Romanian—“Certosa di San Giacomo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣雅各伯修道院”
- Croatian: “Certosa di San Giacomo”
- Dutch: “Certosa di San Giacomo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه شارترهاوس سان جياكومو”
- French: “chartreuse Saint-Jacques de Capri”
- French: “Chartreuse Saint-Jacques de Capri”
- German: “Certosa di San Giacomo”
- Hungarian: “San Giacomo karthauzi kolostor”
- Hungarian: “Villa Jovis”
- Italian: “certosa di San Giacomo”
- Italian: “Certosa di San Giacomo”
- Polish: “Kartuzja San Giacomo”
- Romanian: “Certosa di San Giacomo”
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