Monuments to visit Côte Amalfitaine

Large and imposing patrician remains (90 pieces) built in the iie century B.C., where the farm held a primordial place. Many dependencies and easements. Note also the superb decoration (i. e., I.C. 62. ) and the famous fresco on the red background which runs along the walls of triclinium (dining room), illustrative of the initiatic rite Dionysiac, designed for a young wife. This huge fresco is seen from left to right and represents one of the greatest antique paintings in the world.

Founded in the th century, the city grew to the th century under Norman rule. A major shopping centre with the East, in particular, the Amalfi Maritime Republic rivals two main cities: Pisa and Genoa. In 1135 Amalfi, however, fell into the hands of the Republic of Pisa. Submitted, she nevertheless enriched herself with her main buildings, still preserved today. Its cathedral, from the end of the th century, remains the most important monument of the Amalfi coast and makes the city glory. Dedicated to Saint Andrea, it presents a majestic staircase, a porch adorned with a bronze door from Constantinople and a polychrome mosaics facade.

Founded by the Etruscans in the th century BC and finally conquered by the Romans in the th century BC, long remained one of the strategic squares of the kingdom of Naples, its beautiful palaces testify to its past richness. To dwell on the ancient amphitheatre (the second century B.C.B.C.) and the Mithreum, Pagan temple devoted to the cult of Mithra (Second-third century).