Villa Certosella is a hotel in
Capri
Capri ( , ; ; ) is an island located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrento Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples in the Campania region of Italy. The main town of Capri that is located on the island shares the name. It has been ...
,
Italy. Set along the Via Tragara, it was the home of
Camille du Locle
Camille du Locle (16 July 18329 October 1903) was a French theatre manager and a librettist. He was born in Orange, France. From 1862 he served as assistant to his father-in-law, Émile Perrin, at the Paris Opéra. From 1870, he was co-director a ...
when he lived in Capri. The villa was enlarged by the illustrator
Jan Styka in
Italian Renaissance style. Later,
Edwin Cerio requisitioned the house so that it is now part of the
Ignazio Cerio
Ignazio Cerio (1841 – 1921) was an influential but eccentric physician and amateur philosopher on the island of Capri, in Italy. His father, imprisoned for his liberal beliefs, had spent his time in jail devising chemical concoctions and mechanic ...
estate. Cerio removed the Renaissance elements, returning the house to the ''casa mediterranea'' style. The master builder, Luigi Desiderio, worked on the property.
also resided at Villa Certosella before work on his
Villa Lysis
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''), it was Fersen's self-chosen ...
had been completed.
The villa is a hotel today and features notable gardens.
References
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Buildings and structures in Capri, Campania
Villas in Campania