Villa Pina
Location: Italy (Capri)
Type of village: Tents then huts.
Year opened: 1953
Year closed: 1961
A little history: Opened in 1953, the Capri home, as indicated by the Trident, is a stopover and departure point for excursions made from Baratti .
From the summer of 1955, Villa Pina was offered as a twin with the village on the island of Elba (Marina di Campo) . The length of stay at the villa was fixed at one week.
Initially a village of tents pitched in the grounds of a pretty villa overlooking Capri, a few huts were set up there from 1956.
In early December 1959, the village was devastated by a severe Mediterranean storm. (This storm, which also hit France, was the cause of the Malpasset dam disaster (Fréjus), which claimed more than 300 lives.)
At the villa, the Club reassembled the few huts that had suffered from this severe windstorm, improving them somewhat in the process. The villa reopened for the summer of 1960.
1961 will be the last year that GMs will be able to make excursions from Capri
Village Chiefs
René HALLEMANS closed the village in 1961
