Museo Casa di Graziella

The Museo Casa di Graziella in Procida interprets the island's literary identity through the fictional heroine of Alphonse de Lamartine's novel Graziella.

Why it matters

Lamartine's story helped make Procida an enduring setting in French Romantic literature. The museum shows how a fictional character became part of the island's cultural identity and how literature shaped perceptions of its people and landscape.

What to notice

The rooms evoke a modest fisherman's dwelling, reflecting the setting of Lamartine's narrative. A terrace dedicated to writer Elsa Morante connects the museum with another literary association of Procida and the island's wider cultural history.

Context and history

Lamartine first published the Graziella episode in Les Confidences in 1849; it appeared as a separate novel in 1852 and drew on his time in the Naples area and Procida in 1811–1812. The house-museum was opened in 2011 by the cultural association La Casa di Graziella. Graziella's life and death belong to the novel, not to the documented biography of a historical person.