The Villa Monacone is located on the island of
Capri,
Italy
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. Situated near Pizzolungo and the
Faraglioni
In Italian, (; nap, faragliune ; singular in both languages) are stacks, coastal and oceanic rock formations eroded by waves.
The word may be derived from the Greek ' or Latin ("lighthouse") and is cognate with the Spanish .
They are found ...
rocks, its name derives from its location, which faces the Faraglioni's Monacone rock formation. The architectural style is unusual for a Capri villa. Built into the mountain's rocky slope, the columns and cross vaults opening by the porch connects with interior rooms rather than with the kitchen, the more common layout for a Capri villa.
The German novelist,
Monika Mann Monika Mann (7 June 1910 – 17 March 1992) was a German author and feature writer. She was born in Munich, Germany, the fourth of six children of the Nobel Prize–winning author Thomas Mann and Katia, née Katharina Pringsheim.
She trained as a ...
, lived at Villa Monacone with her friend, Antonio Spadaro, from 1954 to 1986. The Romanian historian
Mircea Eliade
Mircea Eliade (; – April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established paradigms in religiou ...
stayed at one time in an annex of the villa.
The Villa today comprises three independent units. On the upper floor - with a panoramic porch and a large vaulted room with a fireplace - the two flats once occupied by Monika Mann and Antonio Spadaro, now joined. On the ground floor, along Via Pizzolungo, a flat on one level with columns and cross vaults, which used to be connected to the upper floor by a flight of stairs, now removed. To the right is a building with terraces, which was added to the pre-existing villa in more recent times.
References
External links
Official website
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Buildings and structures in Capri, Campania
Villas in Campania