COMPENDIO GARIBALDINO DI CAPRERA

A museum and a cemetery are part of the centre, which is housed in the house that Garibaldi occupied during the last years of his life. He discovered the island during his exile in 1848 and settled there permanently in 1852.

We can visit his bedroom decorated with portraits of his last wife and children. All the furniture is preserved, along with relics such as a lock of hair from Garibaldi's first wife, Anita, who died in Venice after fleeing Rome. Wheelchairs used by the hero who was wounded in a leg during a battle are also visible, as well as a cot and his deathbed. Legend has it that he died looking out of his window at Bonifacio Point. Portraits of Garibaldi's comrades are displayed at the entrance to his house, as well as his decorations earned in Italy and Uruguay. There is also a portrait of Garibaldi by the artist Saverio Altamura in 1860 and a bust sculpted by Leonardo Bistolfi after his death. A tree planted by Garibaldi on the occasion of the birth of his last daughter Anita is still in the garden. In the stables is the tomb of Garibaldi's horse, Marsala. The hero's tomb, in granite, is very simple. Next to it are the graves of his wife, two of his daughters and one of his sons. In the garden, a mill is still visible. Going down from the cemetery esplanade towards the sea, you reach Cala Garibaldi, where the hero moored his boats.