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Villa San Michele, Fiesole. The original building was a monastery, founded in the early years of the 15th century for the Franciscan friars. [1] The land on which it stood had been donated by a Florentine family, the Davanzatis, who also contributed to the monastery's upkeep by gifts of woodlands, further buildings and money.
The villa sits on a ledge at the top of the Phoenician Steps, between Anacapri and Capri, at a height of 327 metres (1,073 ft) above sea level. San Michele's gardens are adorned with many relics and works of art dating from ancient Egypt and other periods of classical antiquity. They now form part of the Grandi Giardini Italiani.
Ravello (Campanian: Raviello, Reviello) is a comune (municipality) situated above the Amalfi Coast, in the province of Salerno, Campania, with approximately 2,500 inhabitants. Its scenic location makes it a popular tourist destination, and earned it a listing as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Belmond Hotel Caruso is a hotel located in the hill town of Ravello, near Amalfi in southern Italy.. It was originally built in the 11th century as a palace by a patrician Roman princely family d’Afflitto who called it the Palazzo D'Afflito - meaning "the afflicted", a reference to both a shipwreck they had when travelling to Constantinople and the afflictions suffered by a family martyr. [1]
La Rondinaia was purchased by American writer Gore Vidal in 1972. [3] He added a pool and sauna to the property in 1984. [4] [5] While he owned the villa, Vidal hosted Paul Newman, Greta Garbo, Princess Margaret, Mick Jagger, Bianca Jagger, Andy Warhol, Jed Johnson, Bruce Springsteen, Tennessee Williams, Italo Calvino, and Hillary Clinton.
After Beckett's death, the villa passed to his son. Beckett's daughter Lucy (Lucille Catherine Beckett, 1884–1979) also lived at the villa, where she was a keen gardener and breeder of roses, including the "Rose of Ravello" in the 1930s. [citation needed] Many famous visitors came to the villa during the Beckett family's ownership.