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Villa Lysis

Villa Lysis is a villa on 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 after a sex scandal involving Parisian schoolboys and nude tableaux vivants.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: building in Capri, Italy
  • Also known as: “Villa Lysis/Fersen”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Villa Jovis and Santa Maria del Soccorso, Villa Jovis.

Archaeological site
Photo: Buckeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Roman palace on , , built by Emperor Tiberius and completed in 27 AD. Tiberius ruled mainly from there until his death in 37 AD. is situated 250 metres southeast of Villa Lysis.

Church
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Santa Maria del Soccorso is a church located within the archaeological site of , on the island of , . It is situated on the summit of the Lo Capo Hill at the eastern extremity of the island. is situated 280 metres southeast of Villa Lysis.

Photo: Kemmsche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a natural arch on the east coast of the island of . Dating from the Paleolithic age, it is the remains of a collapsed grotto. The arch spans 12 m at a height of 18 m above ground and consists of limestone.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capri and Massa Lubrense.

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The small island of is 5 km from the mainland in the Bay of , a celebrated beauty spot and coastal resort since the days of the Roman Republic until now. It is also part of .

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of , located about 25 kilometres southeast of . As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 13,404 and an area of 19.7 km2.

Villa Lysis

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
way 752096878
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­villa
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
10376263
Wiki­data ID
Q934070
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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: “La Gloriette”
  • French: “villa Fersen”
  • French: “villa Lysis”
  • French: “Villa Lysis”
  • German: “Villa Fersen”
  • 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Villa Lysis”. Photo: Gerd Fahrenhorst, CC BY 4.0.