Gioacchino Murat, brother-in-law of Napoleone Bonaparte, fell in love with Positano when he was king of Naples in the early 1800s. He was also charmed by an old palace, currently Palazzo Murat, and decided to make it into his summer home.
Palazzo Murat has succeeded in enchanting other famous figures including John Steinbeck, Giovanni Zagoruiko, Escher, Carla Fracci and Rudolph Nurejev.
