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Villa Lysis

Historic residence · Capri, Italy

Writers & poets

Villa Lysis
Photo: Gerd Fahrenhorst, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

History

Villa Lysis is a villa on Capri built by industrialist and poet Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen in 1905. "Dedicated to the youth of love", it was Fersen's self-chosen exile from France after a sex scandal involving Parisian schoolboys and nude tableaux vivants.

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Visiting

This building is recorded as a residence of the people listed; it may be privately owned and not open to the public. Opening times, tickets and access change, so check the official website before you travel. Get directions.

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