CAPRI, Villa Jovis

Villa Jovis is the grandest of the imperial residences built on Capri by Tiberius in the 1st century AD.

This extraordinary 7,000-square-meter villa is located at the northeastern tip of the island, on one of the highest rock spurs, with breathtaking panoramic views of the Bay of Naples.

It was built around the year 27 AD, when the Emperor Tiberius decided to retire to Capri, moving away from Rome and its intrigues, but not from politics.

Despite the distance, he was able to communicate with the capital of the empire quite efficiently. A complex system of signal towers along the coast sent and received coded light signals and transmitted them, from tower to tower, all the way to Rome.

Unfortunately, after Tiberius' s death in 37 AD, the villa gradually fell into disuse and was partly looted....