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hatred between Zum Hiddigeigei and the newly
opened caffé in Anacapri was a notorious fact.
In the time of Caesar Borgia Don Petruccio, the
apothecary of Capri, would have thought twice
before accepting any invitation from his colleague
in Anacapri to partake of his macaroni. The
competition between Professore Raffaele
Parmigiano of Capri and Professore Michelangelo of
Anacapri for the monopoly of the ‘Tiberio
swimming in the Blue Grotto’ had of late developed
into a furious war. The opening of the Sala
di Esposizione had hit Professore Michelangelo
badly in the eye, the sale of his ‘Procession of
Sant’Antonio’ had almost come to a
standstill.
Of course Anacapri was at the bottom of
it all.
Abbasso Anacapri! Abbasso Anacapri!
I thought I had better return from where I had
come, I was beginning to feel very uneasy. I
did not know myself what to believe. The bitter
war between Capri and Anacapri which had been
raging ever since the times of the Spanish viceroys
in Naples was still going on in those days with
unabated fury. The two sindacos were not on
speaking terms. The peasants hated each other,
the notables hated each other, the priests hated
each other, the two patron saints, Sant’Antonio
and San Costanzo, hated each other. A couple of
years before I had seen with my own eyes a crowd
of Capresi dancing round our little chapel of
Sant’Antonio when a huge rock from Monte
Barbarossa had smashed the altar and the statue
of Sant’Antonio.
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