| Monte Solaro | |
|---|---|
 Mount Solaro | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 589 m (1,932 ft) |
| Prominence | 589 m (1,932 ft)  |
| Coordinates | 40°32′40″N 14°13′26″E / 40.54444°N 14.22389°E |
| Geography | |
  Monte Solaro Italy | |
| Location | Campania, Italy |
Monte Solaro is a mountain on the island of Capri in Campania, Italy. With an elevation of 589 m, its peak is the highest point of Capri. [1]
It contains the "Fortino di Bruto", a blockhouse which was used in battles between Britain and France in the early 19th century.[2] It is characterised by its "sheer dolomitic slopes" which form an "unsurpassable partition" between the eastern and western sides of the island.[3] Marina Grande lies at the foot of the mountain. It became popular with painters due to its "romantic situation, affording extensive and beautiful views to the NW of the Tyrrhenian sea, the gulf of Naples".[4][5] Up the mount there is a statue of Emperor Augustus who first landed on Capri.
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- ^ Maiuri, Amedeo (1956). Capri: its history and its monuments. Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato. p. 15. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ Antoine Claude Pasquin Valery (known as) (1839). Historical, Literary, and Artistic Travels in Italy: A Complete and Methodical Guide for Travellers and Artists. Baudry. p. 486. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1856). A Gazetteer of the World: Or, Dictionary of Geographical Knowledge, Compiled from the Most Recent Authorities, and Forming a Complete Body of Modern Geography -- Physical, Political, Statistical, Historical, and Ethnographical. A. Fullarton. p. 240. Retrieved 4 July 2012.