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Grand events on the coast of Amalfi, crossroads between East and West, a memory of power and glory, of blood and chains, of cultures that admired, encountered and finally united; on the facades of the Churches, in the features of her people.... Now for you, the places and dates, the battles and ceremonies... |
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The ancient Cama , Roman of 330 b.C., of Noble origin (founded by a consular expedition in voyage for Constantinople who were ship-wrecked on the rocks at Melfi and ended up on the Amalfi coast). The founders wanted it to be just like Rome :consecrated to S. Lorenzo, with a Capitol and town wall...
They were enterprising: founding Amalfi and Ravello and commercial ports in all of the Mediterranean; parting from his green valleys for Jerusalem Fra' Gerardo De Saxo : founded the great hospital with a 1000 beds, run by the warrior knights , the Ospedalieri di S. Giovanni, later to become the Knights of Malta... "Lioness of Amalfi", last refuge against the Norman invaders, and then against Pisa, who left the town mutilated...The Vespers of 1283 completed the work, marking the beginning of a long period of abandon, during which time only the remains of the castles and numerous Churches and mansions ( now mostly adapted in to private houses) give some idea of the ancient grandeur... In the first half of the XVIII century , the Saint Alfonso Maria dei Liguori visited the Grotto of the Apparition... The real rebirth came with the Romantic Grand Tour, with ecstatic travellers who attracted to the nearby Ravello and the tears of Giovanna d'Aragona , found in the ancient ruins the glory of the past...
Then the appointment with the sixties and tourism that in |
Embellished with the title "Civis Romana ", in the Amalfitan alliance Scala had the role of acropolis, residence of the most ancient and noble coastal families , seat of nobility and in 987 (to 1818) also Bishop's seat . Commerce made her rich:130 Churches and 35-000 inhabitants .
the green valleys of Scala find the much sought after peace and
relaxation...