Have you ever walked up to Tiberius Villa??? Do you know where is it?

Every time you come to Italy there is something new to discover and enjoy....it can be La Dolce Vita, food, shopping, wine, lifestyle, but mainly art!!!

This time instead of visiting the Blue Grotto or just doing shopping or enjoying the sweet life of Capri a group of adventurous students has decided to go and see Tiberius Villa. About 45 minutes walk from the main Square.....

and that's the view from the top!!

Look down...how high we are!!!

the villa was built on several levels!!

Villa Jovis is situated at the end of Viale Amedeo Maturi, where one finds a number of steps faced with marble slabs originating from the Roman Villa. Villa Jovis, built in the first century B.C. and attributed to Tiberius, was chosen for its position on the cliff's edge which guaranteed both privacy and security, of vital importance to the Emperor. 

many different areas and still well preserved!

A considerable percentage of the Roman villa remains, a villa which was built with large cisterns and water tanks, so as to counteract the perennial lack of water on the island of Capri. 


Villa Jovis was organized in sections linked by corridors, stairs and passageways. The Emperor had a North facing apartment with views over the Gulf of Naples; to the East there was the section dedicated to official functions; the baths were to the South and to the West the servants accommodation and lavatories were located. 


Tiberius's Villa extended over 5.500 square meters and was built up on various levels, unusual for the period, but made necessary by the location.

Looking down to Capri

the other side

Madonna at the top!

Within the site boundaries of Villa Jovis one finds the small Church of Santa Maria del Soccorso. In the space in front of the church there is a statue of the Madonna, visible from the sea below to protect Capri.

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