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PERCHÉ CAPRI<br />

amo il sole, ma ai Faraglioni non mi<br />

stancavo mai».<br />

Quelli che ritrova oggi sono gli<br />

stessi posti di allora o la vecchia<br />

<strong>Capri</strong> ha lasciato spazio alla<br />

nuova?<br />

«Le mie vacanze sono sempre <strong>Capri</strong>.<br />

Dopo tanti anni, non solo non mi sono<br />

stancata, ma non riesco a trovare un<br />

luogo che mi piaccia allo stesso modo.<br />

Devo dire, però, che il tempo ha cambiato<br />

anche questo posto magnifico.<br />

Adesso il turismo di massa ha conquistato<br />

l’isola, soprattutto quello giornaliero<br />

di chi arriva al mattino e se ne<br />

va la sera. A volte mi sembra un’inva-<br />

sione che molto spesso lascia alle sue<br />

spalle sporcizia e degrado».<br />

Se <strong>Capri</strong> è così cambiata, cosa è rimasto<br />

delle sue più antiche tradizioni,<br />

come il suo famoso artigianato?<br />

«L’artigianato di una volta è scomparso.<br />

Quello dei costumi, dei sandali,<br />

delle ceramiche rimane solo in piccola<br />

parte, mentre le grandi griffe hanno<br />

sostituito le piccole botteghe. Questo,<br />

però, non è un problema solo di <strong>Capri</strong>,<br />

ma del mondo intero».<br />

Come trascorre, oggi, le sue giornate<br />

sull’isola?<br />

«Mi alzo presto, esco e faccio una lunga<br />

passeggiata. Vado in Piazzetta a prendere<br />

il caffè e do’ un’occhiata<br />

ai negozi. Alle volte,<br />

però, mi piace rompere la<br />

monotonia e allora affitto<br />

una vespa e mi metto a girovagare<br />

per le stradine al<br />

di fuori del centro e del<br />

caos. Conduco una vita<br />

semplice, dai ritmi equilibrati<br />

e scanditi dai tempi<br />

della normalità. Amo molto<br />

passeggiare e quando<br />

sono qui mi piace salire<br />

sul Monte Tiberio dove resto<br />

sempre affascinata,<br />

non solo dalla bellezza<br />

della natura, ma anche<br />

dall’alone di storia che<br />

E. ROBERT/CORBIS SYGMA - CONTRASTO<br />

▼<br />

Lucia Bosé con uno<br />

dei dipinti che hanno per<br />

tema gli angeli e che sono<br />

esposti nel Museo<br />

di Turégano, in Spagna.<br />

Lucia Bosé with one<br />

of the paintings of angels on<br />

display in the Museo<br />

di Turégano in Spain.<br />

A NEVER-ENDING<br />

STORY<br />

Interview with LUCIA BOSÉ<br />

by CAMILLA CONTINI<br />

Time and tourism have<br />

changed the island,<br />

but <strong>Capri</strong> is still the place<br />

where Lucia Bosé<br />

would like to spend<br />

the rest of her life<br />

Lucia Bosé’s love affair with <strong>Capri</strong><br />

has never been on the rocks, and as<br />

a result the beautiful actress’s life<br />

has become inseparable from that of the<br />

island. She gazes contentedly at the vast<br />

sea and the magnificent scenery as if, after<br />

all these years, she were seeing them for<br />

the first time.<br />

Lucia Bosé’s career took her far away from<br />

<strong>Capri</strong>, the passion of her youth, but it never<br />

stopped her wanting to return. Her many<br />

commitments throughout the world, including<br />

the directorship of the Museo degli Angeli<br />

that she herself created in Turégano in<br />

Spain, have never prevented her from coming<br />

back to her island.<br />

“In the early years we used to stay down in<br />

the port area and go for endless boat trips.<br />

<strong>Capri</strong> is a remarkable island and, after all<br />

these years, I still want to live here for the<br />

rest of my life.”<br />

When did you fall in love with <strong>Capri</strong>?<br />

“I was just eighteen. It was like falling under<br />

a spell that has never been broken. I felt<br />

that this was the place where I would like<br />

to spend the rest of my life.<br />

I pointed out the exact spot to my friends:<br />

Tragara, where nature is wild and untamed<br />

and the greenery plunges down from the<br />

high rocks to the sea near the Faraglioni.<br />

Then I became a success, married, and my<br />

destiny took me to Spain, far from Italy and<br />

<strong>Capri</strong>. But I used to return to the island<br />

every year in the summer whenever I could,<br />

because it was my refuge and I found<br />

peace here.”<br />

What was <strong>Capri</strong> like in those days?<br />

“I have always been fascinated by this<br />

place, from the very beginning.<br />

There weren’t so many people then and I<br />

used to come and have my <strong>Capri</strong> holiday<br />

every August.<br />

Nevertheless, there were a lot of<br />

Americans, writers and intellectuals. The<br />

atmosphere was really stimulating. I<br />

remember we used to stay at Assunta’s<br />

pension, and spend most of the day at the<br />

Faraglioni. I’m not fond of the sun, but I<br />

never used to tire of the Faraglioni.”<br />

Do those old haunts still exist or has the<br />

old <strong>Capri</strong> given way to the new?<br />

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