Scala Fenicia

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La Scala Fenicia, a real architectural monument in the open air, is one of the first beauties of landscape that strikes the viewer as soon as landed on the island. A stone staircase, of 921 steps, which seems to carve the rocky ridge that separates the two municipalities of Capri and Anacapri.

Erroneously Attributed to the Phoenicians, It Was Built By Greek Colonists Between VII and VI Century BC. Until 1877, Year In Which The Road Was Opened Roadable, Was The Only Passage Used To Connect And Transport Goods, From the Marinaro Village of Marina Grande to Anacapri and vice versa.

Anacapresi women went down and up even three times a day carrying on their heads large baskets with groceries and even building materials. La Scala Fenicia was restored in 1998 and is a walk not to be missed, perhaps starting from the town of Anacapri, after a visit to the Villa San Michele. Leaving the historic Swedish house where you have crossed the famous Door of the Difference, after a few stairs you reach the Church of Sant’Antonio, still dear to sailors.

From here, then continue to Marina Grande, in Palazzo Località a Mare, where you can decide to spend the rest of the day at the sea, or go back to the bus stop center not far away.

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