Without doubt, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare is an immortal masterpiece of English Literature, which has built the imagination of entire generations. Nevertheless, not everybody knows that Shakespeare got his masterpiece from the short story of Mariotto and Ganozza by Masuccio Salernitano. In fact, in the...
The prophet of the Italian people, Gabriele D’Annunzio, wanted to celebrate the honors of Salerno and Amalfi in ‘Merope’, the fourth novel of the ‘Laudi del Cielo del Mare della Terra e degli Eroi’. In the four-sided portico of the Cathedral of Salerno, on the left of the majestic bronze door, there is a little marble...
In province of Salerno, in the heart of the Amalfi Coast, the wonderful Minori rises. From the historical point of view, and according to the studies made on the territory, the first inhabited center of Minori developed in the inner and hill locality of Forcella in the V century. Instead, today, Minori is one of the...
The Amalfi Coast is a chest of wonders. Little and big villages on the sea, little houses climbed on the rocks, boats docked in any port. And then many traditions, typical products, monuments and places to discover and discover again. Nevertheless, there are places more known and famous and others, as much as...
Marina di Camerota has surely to be included among the places of main tourist interest of the province of Salerno. Immersed in the National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano, Marina di Camerota is protected by Unesco as world heritage site and is reserve of the biosphere too. A magic place where there is not only a...
The suggestive Via de’ Mercanti (Merchants’ Street) crosses the entire Old Town Center, allowing a jump into the past to those who decide to know Salerno, in its most remote corners and alleys too. The original commercial center of the town, still today, preserves untouched its trading nature and its millennial...
From 1997, municipality of the province of Salerno, Vietri sul Mare has been declared World Heritage Site by Unesco for the richness of its landscapes and its artistic and cultural heritage. Historically, Vietri sul Mare had been identified with the ancient Marcina, first Etruscan-Samnite coastal settlement, then...
The Liqueur Concerto (concert) is one of the oldest rosolios of the Amalfi Coast. For tradition, it is attributed to the inventiveness of the Monks of the Monastery of Saint Francis in Tramonti. In fact, once, the monks and the nuns were the only ones to have a real laboratory of pharmacy. They collected and...
The beach of Santa Teresa has been inaugurated in September 2015. From last September, on every Sunday, it is crowded with the people of Salerno who, with any weather condition, choose to enjoy the tranquility of the town promenade. Nevertheless, the patio of Santa Teresa also enters legitimately the yearned...
The characteristic architecture of the medieval aqueduct of Salerno has aroused the imagination of the people of Salerno who from always call it the arch of the devils (‘l’arco re’ riavule’). The Aqueduct of Salerno has a long and glorious past, made of stories and legends, of very important artistic ‘records’ and of...
