Villa Lysis
Villa Lysis is a villa on Capri built by industrialist and poet Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen in 1905. "Dedicated to the youth of love", it was Fersen's self-chosen exile from France after a sex scandal involving Parisian schoolboys and nude tableaux vivants.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: building in Capri, Italy
- Also known as: “La Gloriette”, “villa Fersen”, “Villa Fersen”, and “Villa Lysis/Fersen”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Villa Jovis and Santa Maria del Soccorso, Villa Jovis.
Villa Jovis
Archaeological site
Villa Jovis is a Roman palace on Capri… Villa Jovis is situated 250 metres southeast of Villa Lysis.
Santa Maria del Soccorso, Villa Jovis
Church
Santa Maria del Soccorso is a church located within… Santa Maria del Soccorso, Villa Jovis is situated 280 metres southeast of Villa Lysis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capri and Massa Lubrense.
Villa Lysis
- Categories: villa, building, and tourism
- Location: Capri, Metropolitan Naples, Campania, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.55929° or 40° 33′ 33″ north
Longitude
14.25985° or 14° 15′ 36″ east
Elevation
226 metres (741 feet)
Open location code
8FGPH755+PW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=villa
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Villa Lysis” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “费尔森别墅”
- Croatian: “Villa Lysis”
- Dutch: “Villa Lysis”
- French: “villa Lysis”
- French: “Villa Lysis”
- German: “Villa Lysis”
- Italian: “Villa Lysis”
- Japanese: “ヴィラ・リシス”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Villa Lysis”
- Norwegian: “Villa Lysis”
- Persian: “ویلا لیسیس”
- Spanish: “Villa Lysis”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Pastena and Moneta.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Madonna del Soccorso and Villa Jovis.
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