Capri - Piazzetta Cerio. Convent of Saint Teresa. Punta Cannone Viewpoint.

Climbing up the flight of steps in the Piazzetta of Capri, one arrives in Piazzetta Cerio and the principal entrance of the ex.Cathedral of St. Stefano.
The building opposite the church houses the Centro di Vita e di Studi Capresi Ignazio Cerio, founded in 1949 by Edwin Cerio, with a museum containing a collection of prehistoric remains found on the island of Capri.
Walking under the arcades one accesses Via Madre Serafina, a dark, narrow Medieval road, running beneath the houses, with light filtering through tiny openings in the walls, from where, it is said, the inhabitants of Capri used to through boiling oil on to the Saracen pirates.
The path leads to an open area looking out over the Gulf of Naples.
The building to the left houses the complex of Santa Teresa, the Church of the Santissimo Salvatore, and the courtyard of the ex convent, now inhabited by numerous families, and partially occupied by a school run by the nuns. At the center of the courtyard there is an ancient well, with marble parapet and wrought iron pulley, inside the entrance portal a fresco, somewhat damaged, depicting Sister Serafina can be seen.
Proceeding along Via Castello, one passes by villas which were once owned by artists and lovers of the Island of Capri.
Finally one arrives at the Punta Canone viewpoint which owes its name to the cannon placed here during the British occupation of 1808.
From here the vista sweeps across the open sea, over the Faraglioni Rocks, Monte Tuoro, Tragara and the Charterhouse of St Giacomo, the Gardens of Augustus, Via Krupp and the bay of Marina Piccola.