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Amalfi is a town and commune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno, 24 miles southeast of Naples. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (1,315 meters, 4,314 feet), surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery. The town of Amalfi was the capital of The Maritime Republic of Amalfi, an important trading power in the Mediterranean between 839 and around 1200. Image File history File links Amalfi-Stemma. ...
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Salerno (Italian: Provincia di Salerno) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. ...
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Salerno (Italian: Provincia di Salerno) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. ...
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History
- See also Duchy of Amalfi and Archdiocese of Amalfi for the ecclesiastical history.
Amalfi is first mentioned in the 6th century, and soon acquired importance as a maritime power, trading its grain, salt and slaves from the interior, and even timber, for the gold dinars minted in Egypt and Syria, in order to buy the silks of the Byzantine empire that it resold in the West. Merchants of Amalfi were using gold coins to purchase land in the 9th century, while most of Italy worked in a barter economy. In the 8th and 9th century, when Mediterranean trade revived it shared with Gaeta the Italian trade with the East, while Venice was in its infancy, and in 848 its fleet went to the assistance of Pope Leo IV against the Saracens. The Amalfi coast. ...
The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de Tirreni is a Roman Catholic archbishopric, which has its archepiscopal see at Amalfi, not far from Naples. ...
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An independent republic from the seventh century until 1075, it rivalled Pisa and Genoa in its domestic prosperity and maritime importance. It was then an independent republic with a population of some 70,000, reaching an apogee about the turn of the millennium, during the reign of Duke Manso (966–1004). Under his line of dukes, Amalfi remained independent, except for a brief period of Salernitan dependency under Guaimar IV. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1024, 350 KB) Photographer: David Singleton from London, UK Title: amalficoast Taken on: 2004-09-23 12:20:55 Original source: Flickr. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1024, 350 KB) Photographer: David Singleton from London, UK Title: amalficoast Taken on: 2004-09-23 12:20:55 Original source: Flickr. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 518 pixelsFull resolution (2025 × 1311 pixel, file size: 422 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Vista de Amalfi Foto di Amalfi, Italia. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 518 pixelsFull resolution (2025 × 1311 pixel, file size: 422 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Vista de Amalfi Foto di Amalfi, Italia. ...
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Manso I (Italian: ) (died 1004) was the duke of Amalfi (966–1004) and prince of Salerno (981–983). ...
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Amalfi was a populous city between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. In 1135 and 1137, it was taken by the Pisans and rapidly declined in importance, though its maritime code, known as the Tavole Amalfitane, was recognized in the Mediterranean until 1570. Events January - Byland Abbey founded Stephen of Blois succeeds King Henry I. Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I and widow of Henry V opposed Stephen and claims the throne as her own Owain Gwynedd of Wales defeats the Normans at Crug Mawr. ...
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In medieval culture Amalfi was famous for its flourishing schools of law and mathematics. Flavio Gioia, who is traditionally considered the first to introduce the mariner's compass to Europe, is said to be a native of Amalfi. Flavio Gioia was an Italian (Navy) Captain who introduced (and possibly invented) the magnetic compass to mediterranean sailors in 1302 upon his return from sailings in the East. He was from Amalfi, today a small seaside village perched on the rocky Italian coastline just south of Naples; however, in the...
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Main sites Amalfi occupied a high position in medieval architecture; its cathedral of Sant' Andrea, of the eleventh century, the campanile, the convent of the Capuccini, founded by Cardinal Capuanor, richly represent the artistic movement prevailing in Southern Italy at the time of the Normans, with its tendency to blend the Byzantine style with the forms and sharp lines of the northern architecture. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x683, 135 KB) Summary Photographer: fisticuffs Title: Amalfi, Campania, Italy Taken on: 2005-09-01 Original source: Flickr. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x683, 135 KB) Summary Photographer: fisticuffs Title: Amalfi, Campania, Italy Taken on: 2005-09-01 Original source: Flickr. ...
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View on Amalfi, picture taken by myself in April 2003 Multilicensed: File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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A campanile (pronounced []) is, especially in Italy, a free-standing bell tower (Italian campana, bell), often adjacent to a church or cathedral. ...
Burial place of Saint Andrew The Catholic Encyclopedia notes that Saint Andrew's relics were brought from Constantinople to Amalfi in Campania, by the Amalfitan Pietro, cardinal of Capua, in 1210 after the completion of the town's cathedral. The cathedral, dedicated to St Andrew (as is the town itself), contains a tomb in its crypt that it maintains still holds a portion of the remains of the body of the apostle. You can also see a golden reliquary which originally housed his skull and another one used to parade the bones around Amalfi on holy days. Saint Andrew (Greek: ΑνδÏÎας, Andreas), called in the Orthodox tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint Peter. ...
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Today Amalfi is the main town of the coast on which it is located, named Costiera Amalfitana, and is today an important tourist destination together with other towns on the same coast, such as Positano, Ravello and others. Amalfi is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Amalfi Coast The Amalfi Coast, or Costiera Amalfitana in Italian, is a stretch of coastline on the southern side of the Sorrentine Peninsula of Italy (Province of Salerno) extending from Positano in the west to Vietri sul Mare in the east. ...
Positano is a small town on the Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana), in Campania, Italy. ...
Ravellos church in the main square. ...
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A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State...
The Amalfi coast is famed for its production of Limoncello liqueur and home-made paper used throughout Italy for wedding invitations. Limoncello [limontlËo] is a lemon liqueur produced in the south of Italy, mainly in the region around the Gulf of Naples and the coast of Amalfi and Islands of Ischia and Capri, but also in Sicily, Sardinia and the Maltese island of Gozo. ...
See also The Amalfian Laws are a code of maritime law compiled at Amalfi (a town in Italy). ...
The Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de Tirreni is a Roman Catholic archbishopric, which has its archepiscopal see at Amalfi, not far from Naples. ...
The Amalfi coast. ...
Sources and external links
 Duomo di Amalfi and the piazza.
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