{"id":17509,"date":"2022-09-07T12:49:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T04:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shop.movery.it\/leggende-capri\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T09:37:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T08:37:39","slug":"leggende-capri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/leggende-capri\/","title":{"rendered":"Legends and myths of Capri"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/leggende-capri\/#Cenni_storici_sulla_scoperta_di_Capri\" title=\"Historical background on the discovery of Capri\">Historical background on the discovery of Capri<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/leggende-capri\/#La_romantica_leggenda_di_Capri_e_Vesuvio\" title=\"The romantic legend of Capri and Vesuvius\">The romantic legend of Capri and Vesuvius<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/leggende-capri\/#La_leggenda_dei_Faraglioni\" title=\"The legend of the Faraglioni\">The legend of the Faraglioni<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/leggende-capri\/#La_campanella_di_San_Michele\" title=\"Michaelmas bell\">Michaelmas bell<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/leggende-capri\/#Il_mistero_della_Grotta_Azzurra\" title=\"The mystery of the Blue Grotto\">The mystery of the Blue Grotto<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/leggende-capri\/#Il_mistero_della_Grotta_Azzurra-2\" title=\"The mystery of the Blue Grotto\">The mystery of the Blue Grotto<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17509\" class=\"elementor elementor-17509\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d0ba9f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d0ba9f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d5120a elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"7d5120a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#step 1\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The history of Capri<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#step 2\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The mystery of the Blue Grotto<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b910475 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b910475\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d1a70fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d1a70fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"step 1\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">L'<strong>Isle of Capri<\/strong> conquers anyone who visits it with its charm and striking views. What is romantic and impressive, however, are not only the wonderful corners of the island, but also the stories and legends that make it even more magical.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cenni_storici_sulla_scoperta_di_Capri\"><\/span>Historical background on the discovery of Capri<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The first discovery of Capri is due to <strong>Octavian<\/strong>, not yet Augustus, when, in the year 29 B.C., he traveled to Naples on his return from the East.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, attracted by the wonder of Capri, he landed on the island, and his stay was so pleasant that he nullified Capri's dependence on Naples, turning it into a private possession of the now nascent principality, returning to Naples in return the largest and richest<strong> island of Ischia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Then began the Mediterranean life of Capri, which went from its solitary existence as a small Greek island to the beating heart of the <strong>imperial life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_romantica_leggenda_di_Capri_e_Vesuvio\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.375rem; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); text-align: var(--text-align);\">The romantic legend of Capri and Vesuvius<\/span><br><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Imagine that the birth of Capri and the <strong>volcano Vesuvius<\/strong> Are the fruit of a destroyed love. Absurd, isn't it?<\/p>\n<p>The legend of two lovers tells us this romantic and bizarre version. The story is very reminiscent of the love of <strong>Romeo and Juliet<\/strong>, but it comes from the pen of the writer and journalist&nbsp;<strong>Matilde Serao<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Vesuvius, a noble Neapolitan knight, fell in love with Capri, a maiden of immense beauty whose family disapproved of the union of the two young people, and for this reason they decided to have the sweet girl board a boat bound for a foreign land, nipping the relationship in the bud.<\/p>\n<p>Capri was so desperate at the thought of losing her beloved that she <strong>take one's own life<\/strong> Throwing himself into the sea.<\/p>\n<p>It disappeared in the waves, and in its place, from the waters of the <strong>Gulf of Naples<\/strong>, emerged a verdant island whose physiognomy resembled precisely the silhouette of a woman. The tragic news reached Vesuvius, who began to weep. <strong>tears of fire<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The blazing fire of rage turned the boy into a mountain, but not just any mountain, a volcano whose lava bubbled constantly.<\/p>\n<p>Today Vesuvius watches Capri from afar, with the sea still dividing the two lovers. Vesuvius does not give up, however, and every now and then we happen to see him seething with anger and despair giving vent to his inner torment.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_leggenda_dei_Faraglioni\"><\/span>The legend of the Faraglioni<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are several legends revolving around the birth of the famous <strong>Faraglioni of Capri<\/strong>. According to <strong>Homer<\/strong>, <strong>Polyphemus<\/strong> would hurl these giant boulders into the sea against <strong>Ulysses<\/strong>. <strong>Virgil<\/strong>, on the other hand, in the<strong>Aeneid<\/strong> identifies the Faraglioni as the <strong>mermaid house<\/strong>, magical sea creatures that beguiled sailors with their song, leading them to certain death against the rocks.<\/p>\n<p>According to more realistic interpretations, these huge rocky blocks once served as the <strong>lighthouse<\/strong> for boats through fires that were lit on their tops; not surprisingly, the term stacks comes from the Greek \"<strong>pharos<\/strong>\", i.e. lighthouse.<\/p>\n<p>According to other popular beliefs, the stacks are <strong>symbol of fertility<\/strong> for all women: they brighten their path and facilitate the fertility period for those who spend a lot of time on the island.<\/p>\n<p>Not a legend, but an interesting curiosity, is the presence of a cute animal living on the <strong>Faraglione di Fuori<\/strong>: the <strong>blue lizard<\/strong>. The lizard took on this vivid hue differing from the usual one we are used to, although both belong to the same species, arousing the interest of many visitors who even climbed up to see the peculiar creature.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_campanella_di_San_Michele\"><\/span>Michaelmas bell<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The<strong> Michaelmas bell <\/strong>is one of the undisputed symbols of the island, also known in the <strong>United States<\/strong> as the island gave it to the&nbsp;<strong>President Roosevelt<\/strong>&nbsp;at the end of the <strong>World War II<\/strong> to celebrate victory. The story of the bell has very distant origins and is linked to the episode of a poor <strong>pastor<\/strong> Who took his only sheep out to pasture one evening.<\/p>\n<p>As night came on, the little shepherd lost sight of his sheep. Suddenly he thought he heard the jingle of the bell tied around his neck, so he decided to follow that sound, risking falling into a <strong>gully<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>From this emptiness rose a sudden <strong>blinding light<\/strong>, from which appeared <strong>St. Michael on a white horse <\/strong>and with a <strong>bell around the neck<\/strong>. He slipped it off and gave it to the child, telling him that this object would save him from all danger and fulfill his every wish.<\/p>\n<p>The young man found the sheep and gave the bell to his mother: today, in fact, this gift is <strong>auspicious symbol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Currently at the site of the apparition stands&nbsp;<strong>Villa San Michele<\/strong>, built at the behest of the <strong>Swedish physician Axel Munthe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Il_mistero_della_Grotta_Azzurra\"><\/span>The mystery of the Blue Grotto<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Even the famous <strong>Blue Cave<\/strong> is the subject of mysteries and fascinating stories. The Cave is famous for the wonderful <strong>light games<\/strong> that the sun's rays create by penetrating through a <strong>undersea window<\/strong> which opens below the entrance, and which, as it passes through the water, allows it to assimilate the color red and then pass blue.<\/p>\n<p>At one time this cave was the <strong>nymphaeum<\/strong> of the<strong>emperor Tiberius<\/strong>, not surprisingly, some <strong>Roman statues<\/strong> today preserved in the <strong>Red House<\/strong>; it later began to be known as the refuge of <strong>evil spirits and ghosts<\/strong>, in fact until the 19th century no one dared to enter it anymore, even it was called nicknamed the <strong>Devil's Cave<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The cave was later rediscovered in 1826 by the <strong>writer<\/strong> German<strong> August Kopisch<\/strong>, along with the <strong>painter<\/strong> <strong>Ernst Fries<\/strong> and to the <strong>fisherman Angelo Ferraro<\/strong> that allowed the whole world to discover its beauty again. It is also said that there is a secret passage in the ravine that leads to the&nbsp;<strong>Villa of Damecuta<\/strong>, positioned hundreds of meters away.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5359656 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5359656\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a5b5ad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0a5b5ad\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cb3c66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cb3c66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"step 2\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Il_mistero_della_Grotta_Azzurra-2\"><\/span>The mystery of the Blue Grotto<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><p>Even the famous <strong>Blue Cave<\/strong> is the subject of mysteries and fascinating stories. The Cave is famous for the wonderful <strong>light games<\/strong> that the sun's rays create by penetrating through a <strong>undersea window<\/strong> which opens below the entrance, and which, as it passes through the water, allows it to assimilate the color red and then pass blue.<\/p><p>At one time this cave was the <strong>nymphaeum<\/strong> of the<strong>emperor Tiberius<\/strong>, not surprisingly, some <strong>Roman statues<\/strong> today preserved in the <strong>Red House<\/strong>; it later began to be known as the refuge of <strong>evil spirits and ghosts<\/strong>, in fact until the 19th century no one dared to enter it anymore, even it was called nicknamed the <strong>Devil's Cave<\/strong>.<\/p><p>The cave was later rediscovered in 1826 by the <strong>writer<\/strong> German<strong> August Kopisch<\/strong>, along with the <strong>painter<\/strong> <strong>Ernst Fries<\/strong> and to the <strong>fisherman Angelo Ferraro<\/strong> that allowed the whole world to discover its beauty again. It is also said that there is a secret passage in the ravine that leads to the\u00a0<strong>Villa of Damecuta<\/strong>, positioned hundreds of meters away.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the curiosities, ancient stories and fascinating legends behind the...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":30445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[],"locations":[167,196],"class_list":["post-17509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-luoghi-delle-storie","locations-campania","locations-capri"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17509"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38045,"href":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17509\/revisions\/38045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17509"},{"taxonomy":"locations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movery.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/locations?post=17509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}