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Painting by Jakob Alt, 1835–36. The Blue Grotto (Italian: Grotta Azzurra) is a sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri, southern Italy.Sunlight shining through an underwater cavity is reflected back upward through the seawater below the cavern, giving the water a blue glow that illuminates the cavern.
Swimming inside, he not only noticed the deeply saturated blue color of the water, but also found remains that suggested the grotto had been used by Romans in the past. [ 2 ] After he had returned from the grotto, Kopisch made the first two sketches of it that started a wave of artistic and later photographic depictions of the Blue Grotto. [ 2 ]
Arco Naturale Location of Arco Naturale on the east coast of Capri. The Arco Naturale is a natural arch on the east coast of the island of Capri. Dating from the Paleolithic age, it is the remains of a collapsed grotto. [1] The arch spans 12 m at a height of 18 m above ground and consists of limestone. [2] [3]
The Blue Grotto at Capri, an 1835 painting now in the Kunsthalle Bremen Heinrich Jakob Fried (11 March 1802, Queichheim - 2 November 1870, Munich ) was a German painter. Life and work
Via Krupp is a historic hairpin turn paved footpath on the island of Capri, connecting the Charterhouse of San Giacomo and the Gardens of Augustus area with Marina Piccola. Commissioned by the German industrialist Friedrich Alfred Krupp , the path covers an elevation difference of about 100 m (330 ft).
English: The Düsseldorf-trained artist visited Naples and Capri in the summer of 1857. This drawing bears an inscription on the reverse: "Mr. Walters with the compliments of the author." The Blue Grotto on the north side of the island of Capri had become renowned as an attraction for tourists during the 19th century.
Blue Grotto may refer to: Blue Grotto (Biševo), a cave on the Croatian island of Biševo; Blue Grotto (Capri), a cave on the Italian island of Capri; Blue Grotto (Malta), a cave in Malta; Blue Grotto (Brooklyn Bridge), a storage space
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