Villa Damecuta
Remains of an imperial Roman villa on the Anacapri headland, with a colonnaded gallery and a semicircular belvedere overlooking the Gulf of Naples.
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About the museum
Villa Damecuta is one of the imperial Roman villas on the island of Capri, traditionally linked to the emperor Tiberius. Few traces of the building survive, but they are enough to recognise a long colonnaded gallery of about 80 metres, open towards the Gulf of Naples, which ended in a wide semicircular belvedere.
The villa included a residential quarter with a dining room at its western end. It was probably abandoned after the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. In the medieval period a watchtower was built on the site, and in the 19th century the area was fortified. Beneath the tower a cubiculum (bedroom) was identified, in which the torso of a male statue was found, together with a vestibule and a terrace; traces of mosaics and drainage channels survive on the plateau behind.
Highlights
- Colonnaded gallery about 80 metres long
- Semicircular belvedere over the Gulf of Naples
- Medieval watchtower
- Traces of mosaics and drainage channels
Permanent exhibition
- Area archeologica della villa romana – Route among the remains of the gallery, the belvedere, the residential quarter and the medieval tower.
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission.
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Fermata dell'autobus per la Grotta Azzurra
From Viale Tommaso de Tommaso in Anacapri you can take one of the buses that go directly to the Grotta Azzurra (Blue Grotto).
On foot from Anacapri, follow Viale Tommaso de Tommaso, Via Pagliaro and Via Grotta Azzurra to Via Amedeo Maiuri (about 30 minutes).
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