Villa Lysis | |
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Former names | La Gloriette |
Alternative names | Villa Fersen |
General information | |
Architectural style | Art Nouveau, Neoclassical |
Location | Capri |
Country | Italy |
Coordinates | 40°33′33″N 14°15′35″E / 40.55917°N 14.25972°E |
Elevation | about 200 m (656 ft) |
Completed | 1905 |
Renovated | 1990s |
Client | Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen |
Owner | Municipality of Capri |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 3 |
Floor area | 450 m² |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Marcello Quiriconi (renovation) |
Villa Lysis (initially, La Gloriette; today, Villa Fersen) is a villa on Capri built by industrialist and poet Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen in 1905. "Dedicated to the youth of love" (dédiée à la jeunesse d'amour[1]), it was Fersen's self-chosen exile from France after a sex scandal involving Parisian schoolboys and nude (or nearly nude) tableaux vivants.