Capri - Certosa di San Giacomo

The central feature of the town of Capri is the little Piazza Umberto I ("the Piazza" for short), at the top of the funicular from Marina Grande. From here it is a short walk past the steps leading up to the church of Santo Stefano (1683) and along the main shopping street to the Certosa di San Giacomo (founded 1371, restored 1933), a former Carthusian house, which houses the Museo Diefenbach, with late Romanesque pictures by Diefenbach (1851-1915). The adjoining church of San Giacomo has a Gothic doorway, 17th century frescoes and two cloisters (access to the Belvedere).