Via Krupp is one of the most beautiful “roads” in the world
One of the most beautiful paths in the world, Via Krupp is located on the island of Capri , in the Tyrrhenian Sea, south of the bay Naples . The paved lacet path is historic and connects La Certosa di San Giacomo and the Jardins d’Auguste with Marina Piccola. Built between 1900 and 1902, the path climbs a vertical distance of about 100 meters by a series of hairpin turns, carved and fixed in the rock so close to each other that they seem almost overlapping. The Via Krupp was described as “a road that is in itself a work of art” for its elegant laces , arranged in harmony with the cliff , where each turn brings a different view, one new perspective and a visual feast for the eyes.
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The road was ordered by the German industrial and steel magnet Friedrich Alfred Krupp , which at the beginning of the 20th century, asked engineer Emilio Mayer to design and build it. Friedrich Alfred Krupp loved the Italian island of Capri, where he lived for several months each year from 1899 to 1902 at the Hotel Quisisana. He had two yachts here, Maya and Puritan , thanks to which he maintained and exercised his passion for oceanography. Krupp wanted the via to provide him with a connection between his luxury hotel and Marina Piccola, where his marine biology research vessel had thrown anchor.
However, Krupp would have used the way to secretly visit the Grotta di Fra’ Felice, a cave where sexual orgies with local youth are supposed to have taken place. When the scandal broke out, Krupp asked to leave Italy in 1902. A week later, Krupp killed himself.
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Between 1976 and 2008, Via Krupp remained closed due to landslides. It was so popular that even when it was banned to the public, tourists passed under the barriers to see it and large doors had to be built to deter them. And we can understand, after 30 years of closure, the via Krupp offers all its most beautiful panoramas!
Today you can reach the island of Capri from Naples with a ferry ride that lasts less than an hour.
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Credit – www.capri.com
Did you walk on the Krupp via Capri?
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