In March 1909, Gorky moved to Villa Spinola, located in the center of Capri. This building belonged to the German doctor Emil Behring, a Nobel Prize winner in medicine and the creator of the diphtheria serum.

The villa, painted in Pompeian red, has three floors. One facade overlooks a small square named Cesare Battisti, while the other faces the sea.

Villa Spinola-Behring is noticeable from a ship approaching the port of Marina Grande, thanks to its red color and location by the cliff.

Gorky lived in this villa from March 1909 to February 1911.

During those years, many Russian revolutionaries were in Capri, some of whom stayed for a long time. Meetings of the Capri Party School were held at Villa Spinola, ideologized by Lunacharsky, Bogdanov, and Bazarov.

Lenin was extremely concerned about the activities of this school and closely monitored it from Paris, considering it a deviation from the correct course. He tried to lure listeners to his party school in Paris. In the struggle against this 'heresy' and 'God-seeking delusions,' Lenin wrote the book 'Materialism and Empirio-criticism.' There is an opinion that the true reason for the disagreements was the struggle for the party's financial resources, control of which was partially held by Bogdanov.

In July 1910, Lenin visited Capri for the second time and spent two weeks with Gorky at Villa Spinola.

In October 1910, Gorky set off on a long journey through Italy.