Villa Lysis
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Villa Lysis, formerly known as La Gloriette, today also sometimes called Villa Fersen, is a villa on Capri built by industrialist and poet Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen in 1905. "Dedicated to the youth of love" (dédiée à la jeunesse d'amour[1]), it was Fersen's self-chosen exile from France after a sex scandal involving schoolboys.
After Fersen's death in 1923, the villa was given first to Fersen's lover Nino Cesarini, who sold it to Fersen's sister, Germaine, who gave it to her daughter, the Countess of Castelbianco.
The house had the last maintenance work done in 1934, and therefore was essentially in ruins by the 1980s. In 1985, Villa Lysis passed into possession of the Italian state, but it was only in the 1990s that the building was restored by Lysis Funds Association (founded in 1986) and the Municipality of Capri. The Tuscan architect Marcello Quiriconi supervised the work.
Since then, Villa Lysis has been open to tourists. It is also available to rent for parties and dinners. However, as of March 2010, Villa Lysis has been put up for sale for an undisclosed sum[2], so it might become private property again if a buyer can be found.
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40°33′33″N 14°15′36″E / 40.5593°N 14.2599°E
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