{"id":12970,"date":"2018-05-28T13:50:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T12:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naples-napoli.org\/?p=12970"},"modified":"2018-05-28T13:51:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T12:51:37","slug":"blue-grotto-grotta-azzurra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naples-napoli.org\/en\/blue-grotto-grotta-azzurra\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue grotto (grotta azzurra)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ivan Konstantinovi\u010d Ajvazovskij, La grotta Azzurra (1841)<\/p><\/div>\n

The blue grotto<\/strong> (grotta azzurra<\/em> in Italian) is a sea cave located on the northwest coast of the island of Capri, in the municipality of Anacapri.<\/span> It is famous for its clear water and its bright blue reflections that come from the external light reflected by its walls and whose red component is filtered by the water.<\/span>
\nIt is this blue color which gives this cave its particularity and which made it the most famous attraction of Capri.<\/span> One visits it by a small rowboat, lying down to pass the entrance.<\/span> It is forbidden to swim in the cave (although some do it after the closure of visits)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Under the Roman antiquity, it was a nymphaeum<\/em>, a sanctuary dedicated to the aquatic nymphs of mythology. Subsequently, the blue cave was long avoided, considered a cursed place. It was in 1826 that it was rediscovered by the fisherman Angelo Ferraro who accompanied the German painter August Kopisch (1799-1853) and the Swiss artist Ernest Fries (1801-1833). Since then, it has become a stage of the “grand tour” in Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n

This karstic underground cavity is about 60 m long and 25 m wide, with a depth of about 13 meters, the bottom of which is sandy. The ceiling rises from 7 to 14 meters. The entrance is 2 meters wide and only 1 meter high.<\/p>\n

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The Blue Grotta – Practical Information<\/span><\/h3>\n

How to arrive<\/span>?<\/span><\/p>\n