The first sea republic, it coined its own currency the “tari”, established the first international navigation code, the Thabulae de Amalphia, introduced the use of the compass, founded colonies and embassies in Jerusalem and a great hospital and splendid churches.
Subjugated by the Normans, then devastated by a terrible storm, it disappeared from the international scene until the first half of the nineteenth century, when the Great Travellers told of Amalfi and its coast at the centre of European cultural life.
TO READ
La Costiera Amalfitana
La Terra delle Sirene
Discover Amalfi
Passeggiate Amalfitane
TO VISIT
Duomo di Amalfi
Antichi Arsenali
Museo della Carta
Pannelli Ceramici
Chiesa della Madonna Addolorata
I Chiostri
Vicoli del Centro Storico
Valle delle Ferriere
TO TAKE PART IN
Celebrazioni pasquali e Processione del Venerdì santo
Celebrazioni natalizie
Capodanno
Festa di Sant’Andrea Apostolo
Regata Storica delle quattro Repubbliche Marinare
TO TASTE
I Limoni di Amalfi IGP
I Dolci al limone
Gli scialatielli
I cannelloni
TO BUY
La ceramica
La Carta a mano di Amalfi
Il Limoncello