Starting from the little square and turning into the  Sopramonte or Fuorlovado street, then going on through Tiberio street and following some information it is not very difficult to come to Villa Jovis. In fact you need only a thirty minutes nice walk among the smells of the country of Capri in order to reach your destination. Certainly it is the most important tiberian villa; it was discovered about the eighteenth century by Carlo of Borbone and it includes an enough vast area. In the past the villa was situated in a hard reachable area, the villa shows the very shy emperor’s character; because of this character his collaborators and roman politicians didn’t appreciate him. For this reason Tiberius preferred take shelter here, far from Rome stresses plunged in the nature and surrounded by wonderful landscapes that made Villa Jovis one of the most important monuments of Capri. From the villa, in fact, we can enjoy a wonderful view that shows the peninsula of Sorrento-Amalfi, cape Campanella, Li Galli reef and the Jeranto Bay. The building was built in the first century AD above a difference of level of about 60 m, and it develops all in height. Only the building cover an area of 7000 mq and there are in addition 13000 mq of terraced gardens and nymphaeums. Today, unfortunately, the stately building is for the major part destroyed and the arrangement of the rooms that form the single areas is not easy without the use of planimetric map. The rooms identified with a certain easiness are only those of the tanks that constitute the fundamental complex nucleus. These tanks were used for the water supplying and for the distribution of different services and they permit to the villa of being completely independent. Around the tanks there are four areas:  
- The imperial flat and the Tiberius’domus on the northern side.  
- The representation area on the eastern side.
- Thermal spa overlooks at south toward the inland of the island.  
- Service lodgings, storehouses, warehouses and the kitchens on the western side.

On the northern side of the complex there is the overhang called salto di Tiberio (Tiberius jump) (297 m). It was the site from which Tiberius, according to some legends, threw to the sea his victims after several torments and torture. The villa includes also the Faro (the Lighthouse) that lit up the seas of Capri. People think that it was damaged after few days of Tiberius death owing to an earthquake. This lighthouse was the means by which people communicated with the nearby Sorrento and with Miseno that was the imperial fleet house. Furthermore it was the benchmark for sailors. After that it was restored by Domitianus and used for a long time, it was damaged again by lightning and now the remains of his top are scattered on the grass. You can enter there covering a short path and going beyond the house keeper and going round a little gate in bad condition. On the highest terrace of the villa is put up the little church of S.Maria del Soccorso. In 1979 it has been added, close to it, a statue of the Virgin Mary.  

Closely examination (edited by Ass. Culturale Oebalus)