Ischia.it english - Characters from1800 to present day

A. W . F .Schultz

2012-01-11T16:32:42+01:00

German doctor, he stopped at the island for quite a long time. He said that the bathroom was better in Casamicciola, all the others were rough and dirty.

Alphonse de Lamartine

2012-01-11T16:32:32+01:00

He came three times in Ischia. The first one in 1811-1812, the second one in 1820, the third one in 1844. He wrote on CONFIDENCES, that are stories. In one of these confidences says that he lives in the most beautiful island, on a promontory that rises from the sea and its slopes thrive forests to the sea. Lamartine writes poems about Ischia and here wrote the novel GRAZIELLA.

Angelo Rizzoli

2012-01-11T16:07:11+01:00

Angelo Rizzoli was born in Milan on October 31, 1889 and died on September 24, 1970. Editor, film producer, patron, titanic character.
His life was exceptional: from the orphanage Martinitt to the world of high finance. He knows the most important people of his time, he builds an empire of immense proportions.

He turns to gold everything he touches. He creates around him a legend. Timely, practical, respectful of the intelligence of others. He knows he is the point of reference for people who frames him as "benefactor". He never forgets its origins and social commitment is a natural way of being.
"Generosity" is perhaps the word that best fits his personality.

Ary Renan

2012-01-11T16:32:21+01:00

Son of Ernest Renan, we should have several sketches, and they are contained in a published work that the young man in the earthquake of 1883 in the Gazette of the fine arts. Ary Renan was most interested in the architecture of Ischia.

August Von Platen

2012-01-11T16:32:07+01:00

He came to Ischia in the company of Baron von Bunsen. He stayed for four days at Sentinella, went to Epomeo and crossed on foot or with donkeys all over the island, which is extremely attractive and pleasant.

C. Haller (un Ultramontain)

2012-01-11T16:31:17+01:00

He was a connoisseur of Ischia. In 1825 in Vienna he came a book titled "L'ISOLA D'ISCHIA NEL 1822". From the book you will learn the tourism of the twenties of the last century. The center of the beach life was Casamicciola, but the second Haller preference was Lacco, which offered the most pleasant stay.

Camille Corot

2012-01-11T16:31:07+01:00

He came to Ischia in the late twenties. He has a catalog of his works containing a series of paintings and drawings that were composed in Ischia.

Camillo Porlezza

2012-01-11T16:08:48+01:00

Director of the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Pisa, in 1918 he accompanied the scientist Maria Curie visiting the radioactive sources of Lacco Ameno. He returned in 1957 to visit the new spa and to make measurements of thermal radiation.

Carl Gustav Carus

2012-01-11T16:30:53+01:00

Natural scientist and physician, philosopher and artist. He came to Ischia in the company of Prince Friedrich Saxon, visited the castle, where Carus witnessed a beautiful sunset. Also he came in Lacco where the streets were decorated for the feast of Santa Restituta.

Caroline Von Humboldt

2012-01-11T16:30:41+01:00

She came to Ischia to the middle of 1817, was the eldest daughter of Wilhelm von Humboldt and suffered from nerve pain in the face, and that's why she was advised to come. Her condition improved in only nine days, so he could visit the island, I was enchanted by the wonderful scenery and a beautiful sea.