Close to Paradise

The Gardens of Naples, Capri and the Amalfi Coast

Robert I. C. Fisher (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2011
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
9780711230385 (ISBN)

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This book showcases twenty-one of the most celebrated gardens in Italy's most glamorous seaside getaway. They include La Reggia, Caserta, the 'Italian Versailles' laid out for the Bourbon King Charles III in the mid-eighteenth century, the gardens of the Villa San Michele on Capri and Lord Grimthorpe's Villa Cimbrone in Ravello, with its breathtaking panoramas.

The text also traces the horticultural history of Campania, from Roman emperors to Edwardian millionaires, encompassing a parade of glamorous characters that includes Lord Byron, Wagner, Chanel, Jacqueline Kennedy, D.H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf and Graham Greene.

Contributor to Town & Country and Art in America, author/photographer Robert I. C. Fisher published his first book, Escape to the Amalfi Coast, in 1999. His love affair with Italy began during graduate studies under Sir John Pope-Hennessy at New York City's Institute of Fine Arts and continues to this day in his job as an editor of travel books, including guides to Rome and Naples.

INTRODUCTION I NAPOLI NOBILISSIMA: Naples and Environs SUN SOUCI Villa d'Avalos, Posillipo REIGNING FASHION The English Garden, Reggia di Caserta THE GOOD VOLCANO Giardino della Regina, Reggia di Portici CLOISTERED CHARMS Chiostri di Santa Chiara and I Girolamini, Naples THROUGH ENGLISH EYES Villa Lanzara, Nocera WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER Castello Lancellotti, Lauro THE GLOBAL GARDEN Orto Botanico, Naples II TREASURED ISLANDS: Capri and Ischia HOW GREENE WAS HIS ISLAND Villa Il Rosaio, Anacapri SEEDS OF INSPIRATION La Mortella, Ischia IT HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL DAY Villa San Michele, Anacapri THE ISLAND WAY La Certosella, Capri III SIREN-LAND: Sorrento and the Sorrentine Peninsula HOW DOES LORD ASTOR'S GARDEN GROW? Villa Tritone, Sorrento CALL OF THE THE SIRENS The Li Galli Islands, off Positano ALONG THE GOLDEN MILE Villa de Gregorio di Sant'Elia, Portici LA BELLA SORRENTO Villa Silvana, Sorrento A REGAL REALM Parco dei Principi, Sant'Agnello IV LA DIVINA COSTIERA: The Amalfi Coast COLORE! Il San Pietro, Positano BLOSSOM FEVER Palazzo Murat, Positano THE FLOWER AND THE GLORY Villa Rufolo, Ravello GARBO'S SHANGRI-LA Villa Cimbrone, Ravello AMALFI CON AMORE Il Santa Caterina, Amalfi Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.9.2011
Zusatzinfo	Color photos throughout
Sprache	englisch
Maße	251 x 295 mm
Gewicht	1488 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
	Bildbände ► Europa ► Italien
	Reisen ► Reiseführer
ISBN-13	9780711230385 / 9780711230385
Zustand	Neuware