Villa Cimbrone
The Villa Cimbrone is a residential complex built in the 20th century in the Italian town of Ravello in a spacious park (Via Santa Chiara 26). It is located in the province of Salerno , Campania on the Amalfi Coast .
history
In 1904, the Scotsman Ernest William Beckett, later Lord Grimthorp, had the existing 12th-century palazzo redesigned and a garden laid out on a protruding rock about 350 m above sea level. In keeping with the eclectic spirit of the time, inspired by the Roman past and the medieval oriental trade in the town of Ravello, which brought merchants into contact with the most diverse cultures, diverse stylistic elements were combined. The property served primarily as the center of theater life and as a meeting place for politicians and artists of the time. Today the villa houses a small luxury hotel, surrounded by a public garden.
Lord Grimthorp died in 1917 and is buried in the small temple in the garden.
garden
Access to the garden is through a cloister with a fountain in the middle. The word 'villa' in Italian also stands for 'garden', which is divided into various different areas. On one side, the flower garden extends with its lavish splendor, between which numerous copies of Roman works of art are placed. In other areas of the garden, ancient trees provide shade. A wisteria hedge leads to a narrow staircase that offers a view of stone vases, mosaics, statues and arbors. An avenue of cypress trees draws attention to a temple with a copy of an ancient figure.
The Belvedere , a viewing platform with a balustrade , adorned with marble busts, located at the end of the garden, is also the crowning glory. Located directly above the cliffs sloping into the sea , on a clear day it offers an incomparable view that extends to Capri on one side and Paestum on the other .
The garden is open daily from 9 a.m. to one hour before sunset. Only the cloister of the building (hotel) can be viewed.
The villa in the media
The villa and the garden are the locations of the television series Oliver Maass , which was broadcast in the 1980s . The terrace forms the background in the credits.
The terrace of Villa Cimbrone is also a location in the third part of the Sissi films from the 1950s. In the fateful years of an empress , on the advice of the councilor, Sissi (Romy Schneider) had to spend a cure in Madeira. The scenes together with her cinematic and real mother, Duchess Ludovika in Bavaria (Magda Schneider), were not shot in Madeira, but on the terrace of Villa Cimbrone in Ravello.
literature
- Massimo Listri, Cesare M. Cunaccia: Italian gardens, fascinating garden art from five centuries . Falken Verlag, 1995/1996, ISBN 3-8094-0998-7
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Naples - Amalfi Coast - Cilento . Dumont Reise-Taschenbuch, ISBN 978-3-7701-7241-2 , p. 227
Coordinates: 40 ° 38 ′ 40 ″ N , 14 ° 36 ′ 40 ″ E