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44: 129:. Before 1928, docking took place directly in the bay, but it has since been developed into a port and seaside resort with a notable beach, which is the largest on the island. A small square overlooks the port surrounded by "the characteristic houses of Capri, rendered typical by the terraces, the balconies, the open galleries and the multi-coloured facades of the town, brightened by the "Pompeian red", which is one of the most intense notes of colour along the whole Neapolitan coast." The town is also characterized by steep terraced slopes with 28: 20: 36: 165:
Notable hotels include Villa Marina Capri, Hotel Excelsior Parco Capri, Relais Maresca, and Hotel Bristol. Ristorante Pizzeria Lo Zodiaco lies on the harbour front. An annual festival in honour of the Madonna della Libera is held on the Marina Grande in the middle of September.
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Marina Grande is located on the northern side of the island. Travel between the Marina Piccola and the Marina Grande occurs by circling around the
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in which the Greeks landed and women on Capri are still said to "still sometimes show distinctly Grecian features". In the seventh century,
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Constantius of Capri is very poorly documented, but may be the same as Constantine I, Patriarch of Constantinople - see
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capital lies on a high pedestal at the end of the western wharf, testament to the Roman presence in the area.
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nearby. Tiberius fortified and reinforced Marina Grande. Capri was also the first point in
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A cluster of colorful houses, home to Capri's fishermen, and the island's biggest beach.
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Dickens, Charles; Ainsworth, William Harrison; Smith, Albert (1854).
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Bonetto, Cristian; Quintero, Josephine (1 January 2010).
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on the mainland, and also on excursions to visit the
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Giorgio Sommer
Capri
Italy
Capri
Mount Solaro
Marina Piccola
Augustus
Tiberius
Palazzo a Mare
Campania
Bishop Costanzo
patron saint
Chiesa di San Costanzo
Faraglioni
stacks
Mediterranean flora
Corinthian
Naples
Blue Grotto
Anacapri
Bentley's miscellany
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Naples, Capri, Sorrento: the pearls of the Gulf

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