In the island of Capri, in Italy’s Bay of Naples

 Capri on the Amalfi Coast in Italy is my ultimate holiday destination.

-- Vidal Sassoon
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(on an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrento Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples, in the Campania region of Italy} The largest settlement on the island is the town of Capri. (The island has been a resort since the time of the Roman Republic.)

+ Some of the main features of the island include the Marina Piccola, the Belvedere of Tragara, the limestone crags called sea stacks that project above the sea, the town of Anacapri, the Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra), the ruins of the Imperial Roman villas, and the vistas of various towns surrounding the Island of Capri.
Capri is part of the region of Campania, Metropolitan City of Naples. The town of Capri is a comune and the island's main population center. The island has two harbors, Marina Piccola and Marina Grande (the main port of the island). The separate comune of Anacapri is high on the hills to the west. The remains of Villa Jovis, built by emperor Tiberius was completed in 27 CE.

+ The island has been inhabited since early times. Evidence of human settlement was discovered during the Roman era, when the foundations for the villa of Augustus were being excavated, giant bones and "weapons of stone" were discovered. The emperor ordered these to be displayed in the garden of his primary residence, the Palazzo a Mare. Some of the main features of the island include the Marina Piccola, the Belvedere of Tragara, , the crags called sea stacks that project above the sea (the faraglioni), the town of Anacapri, the Blue Grotto, the ruins of the Imperial Roman villas, and the vistas of many surrounding the Island of Capri.

+ After the end of the Western Roman Empire, Capri returned to the status of a dominion of Naples, and suffered various attacks and ravages by pirates. In 866 Emperor Louis II gave the island to Amalfi. In 987 Pope John XV consecrated the first bishop of Capri, when Capri, Scala, Minori, and Lettere were made dioceses to serve as suffragans of Amalfi, which thereby became a metropolitan see. Capri continued to be a residential diocese until 1818, when the island became part of the archdiocese of Sorrento.

+ French troops under Napoleon occupied Capri in January 1806. The British ousted the French in the following May, after which Capri was turned into a powerful naval base. The French reconquered Capri in 1808, and remained there until the end of the Napoleonic era, when Capri was returned to the Bourbon ruling house of Naples.

+ The natural scientist Ignazio Cerio catalogued Capri's flora and fauna during the 19th century. His work was continued by his son, author and engineer Edwin Cerio, who wrote several books on life in Capri in the 20th century. The Swedish Queen Victoria often stayed there because Axel Munthe was her doctor. Rose O'Neill, the American illustrator and creator of the Kewpie, owned the Villa Narcissus, formerly owned by the famous Beaux-Today.