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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. The towns lying on the Amalfi Coast are Vietri sul Mare, Cetara, Maiori, Minori, Ravello, Scala, Atrani, Amalfi, Conca dei Marini, Furore,Praiano and Positano. 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...
As of 2006, there are a total of 830 World Heritage Sites located in 138 State Parties. ...
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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...
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. ...
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 Sorrentine Peninsula is a peninsula located in southern Italy that separates the Gulf of Naples to the north from the Gulf of Salerno to the south. ...
Salerno (Italian: Provincia di Salerno) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. ...
Positano is a small town on the Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana), in Campania, Italy. ...
Vietri sul Mare. ...
Vietri sul Mare. ...
Cetara is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. ...
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Minori is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. ...
Ravellos church in the main square. ...
Scala is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. ...
Atrani at the Amalfi coast. ...
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. ...
Conca dei Marini is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. ...
Furore is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. ...
Praiano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. ...
Positano is a small town on the Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana), in Campania, Italy. ...
Atrani at the Amalfi coast. Renowned for its rugged terrain, scenic beauty, picturesque towns and diversity, the Amalfi Coast is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 538 KB) Atrani at the Amalfi coast File links The following pages link to this file: Amalfi Coast Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ...
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Org type Specialized Agency Acronyms UNESCO Head Director General of UNESCO Koïchiro Matsuura Japan Status Active Established 1945 Website www. ...
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 area is featured in Positano (1953) by American writer John Steinbeck. Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other members of the family, see Steinbeck (disambiguation). ...
Notable places
- Duomo (the cathedral) in Amalfi, and its cloister (Chiostro del Paradiso in Italian)
- the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Positano
- the churches of San Salvatore del Birecto and of Santa Maria Maddalena in Atrani
- Villa Cimbrone and Villa Rufolo in Ravello
- the churches of San Luca and San Gennaro in Praiano and their viewpoints
- the church of San Pancrazio in Conca dei Marini and its viewpoint
- the Fiord of Furore in Furore comune furore
- the church of Santa Trofimena and the ancient Roman villa in Minori
Positano and its surroundings. 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. ...
Maria Maddalena de Pazzi may be Saint Maria Maddalena de Pazzi A church Santa Maria Maddalena, Atrani Florentine convent of Cestello (today Santa Maria Maddalena dePazzi) in Borgo Pinti. ...
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External links Campania | | | Provinces and places | Avellino • Benevento • Caserta • Naples • Salerno • Islands • Amalfi Coast • Sorrentine Peninsula • Cities, towns and villages For other uses, see Campania (disambiguation). ...
In Italy, a province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ...
Avellino (Italian: Provincia di Avellino) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. ...
Benevento (Italian: Provincia di Benevento) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. ...
Caserta (Italian: Provincia di Caserta) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. ...
The province of Naples (Italian: Provincia di Napoli) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. ...
Salerno (Italian: Provincia di Salerno) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. ...
The Sorrentine Peninsula is a peninsula located in southern Italy that separates the Gulf of Naples to the north from the Gulf of Salerno to the south. ...
| | | History | Kingdom of Naples • Monarchs • Viceroys • Two Sicilies • Magna Græcia • Samnite Wars • Italia province • Duchy of Naples • Duchy of Benevento • Principality of Capua • Principality of Salerno • Duchy of Amalfi • Duchy of Sorrento • Duchy of Apulia and Calabria Capital Naples Government Monarchy King - 1285-1309 Charles II - 1815-1816 Ferdinand I History - Established 1285 - Union with Sicily 1816 The Kingdom of Naples was an informal name of the polity officially known as the Kingdom of Sicily which existed on the mainland of southern Italy after of the secession...
The Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was the new name that the Bourbon king Ferdinand IV of Naples gave to his domain (including Southern Italy and Sicily) after the end of the Napoleonic Era and the full restoration of his power in 1816. ...
Belligerents Roman Republic Samnium The First, Second, and Third Samnite wars, between the early Roman Republic and the tribes of Samnium, extended over half a century, involving almost all the states of Italy, and ended in Roman domination of the Samnites. ...
A portion of the Tabula Peutingeriana, a Roman map of the 4th century, depicting the southern part of Italia. ...
The Duchy of Naples (Latin: Ducatus Neapolitanus), born as a Byzantine province governed by a military commander (dux), rapidly became a de facto independent state, lasting more than five centuries during the Early and High Middle Ages. ...
The Duchy of Benevento was the southernmost Lombard duchy in medieval Italy, centred on Benevento, a city central in the Mezzogiorno. ...
The Principality of Capua was a Lombard state in Southern Italy, usually de facto independent, but under the varying suzerainty of Western and Eastern Roman Empires. ...
The Lombard Principality of Salerno was a South Italian state, centred on the port city of Salerno, formed out of the Principality of Benevento after a decade-long civil war in 851. ...
The Amalfi coast. ...
Sorrento is the name of many cities and towns: Sorrento, Italy Sorrento, Florida, United States of America Sorrento, Louisiana, USA Sorrento, Maine, USA Sorrento, a township on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia Sorrento, suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia Sorrento, Hong Kong, the largest residential development on Kowloon Station Sorrento...
| | | World Heritage Sites in Italy | | | For official site names, see each article or the List of World Heritage Sites in Italy. | | Aeolian Islands · Aquileia · Agrigento · Pompeii, Herculaneum, Torre Annunziata · Botanical Garden, Padua · Caserta Palace, Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, San Leucio Complex · Castel del Monte · Cilento and Vallo di Diano, Paestum, Velia, Certosa di Padula · Amalfi Coast · Crespi d'Adda · Ravenna · Cerveteri, Tarquinia · Ferrara · Florence · Assisi · Matera · Cathedral, Torre Civica, Piazza Grande, Modena · Naples · Genoa · Piazza del Duomo, Pisa · Pienza · Portovenere, Cinque Terre (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore), Palmaria, Tino, Tinetto · Residences of the Royal House of Savoy · Rock Drawings in Valcamonica · Rome1 · Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy · San Gimignano · Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan · Val di Noto (Caltagirone, Militello in Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo Acreide, Ragusa, Scicli) · Siena · Barumini nuraghes · Syracuse, Necropolis of Pantalica · Alberobello · Urbino · Val d'Orcia · Venice · Verona · Vicenza, Palladian Villas of the Veneto · Hadrian's Villa · Villa d'Este · Villa Romana del Casale 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...
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. ...
The Aeolian Islands. ...
Aquileia (Friulian Aquilee, Slovene Oglej) is an ancient Roman town of Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about 10 km from the sea, on the river Natiso (modern Natisone), the course of which has changed somewhat since Roman times. ...
San Lorenzo. ...
For other uses, see Pompeii (disambiguation). ...
Herculaneum (in modern Italian Ercolano) is an ancient Roman town, located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano. ...
Torre Annunziata, population 52,875 (1991), is a city in the province of Naples, region of Campania in Italy. ...
The Orto Botanico di Padova is the worlds oldest academic botanical garden that is still in its original location. ...
The Palace of Caserta, in Italian Reggia di Caserta, is a former royal residence in Caserta, near Naples, constructed for the Borbone kings of Naples. ...
Castel del Monte. ...
Paestum is the classical Roman name of a major Graeco-Roman city in the Campania region of Italy. ...
Velia is an ancient town located on the territory of the modern comune of Ascea, Salerno, Campania, Italy in a geographical sub-area named Cilento. ...
The Certosa di Padula, also known as Carthusian Monastery of Padula or Chartreuse of Padula or or , is a large famous Carthusian monastery in the Cilento National Park near Salerno in Southern Italy. ...
The Crespi factory Crespi dAdda is a worker village in Italy founded in the 19th century. ...
Province of Ravenna Ravenna is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ...
A small town located approximately 60 miles N of Rome. ...
Tarquinia, formerly Corneto and in Antiquity Tarquinii, is an ancient city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. ...
Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, capital city of the province of Ferrara. ...
Florence (or Firenze, Florentia and Fiorenza) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany, and of the province of Florence. ...
This article is about the Italian town. ...
Matera is a town and a province in the region of Basilicata, sometimes referred to as Lucania, in the south of Italy. ...
Modena Cathedral, the cathedral, or Duomo in Italian, of Modena, Italy, is one of the most important Romanesque buildings of Europe and a World Heritage Site. ...
The Torre della Ghirlandina or Torre Civica is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Modena, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ...
Location of the city of Naples (red dot) within Italy. ...
For other uses, see Genoa (disambiguation). ...
The Campo dei Miracoli (Field of Miracles) is a wide, walled area at the heart of the city of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as one of the main centers for medieval art in the world. ...
Pienza, a town and commune in the province of Siena, in the Val dOrcia in Tuscany (central Italy), between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the touchstone of Renaissance urbanism. ...
Portovenere is a village in Liguria, Italy located 12km from La Spezia. ...
The Cinque Terre are five coastal villages in the province of La Spezia in the Liguria region of Italy. ...
Monterosso al Mare is a town and commune in the province of La Spezia, part of the region of Liguria (northern Italy). ...
Vernazza Vernazza is one of the five towns in Italys picturesque Cinque Terre region, located in the La Spezia province in the northwest of the country. ...
Corniglia differs from the other villages of the Cinque Terre as it does not directly look upon the sea but raises on the top of a promontory about 100 meters high, surrounded on three sides by vineyards and terraces and the fourth side descends steeply on the sea. ...
View of Manarola. ...
Riomaggiore Riomaggiore, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy, is the first of the Cinque Terre one meets coming from La Spezia. ...
Tino The Italian island of Tino is situated in the Ligurian Sea, at the westernmost end of the Gulf of La Spezia. ...
The Residences of the Royal House of Savoy is a group of structures in Turin and its province, in Piedmont (northern Italy). ...
For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ...
Sacro Monte di Varallo. ...
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hilltop town in Tuscany, Italy, about a 35-minute drive northwest of Siena or southwest of Florence. ...
Santa Maria delle Grazie is a Renaissance church in Milan built by Guiniforte Solari between 1466 and 1490 on a commission by Dominican monks. ...
Val di Noto (English: Valley of Noto) is a geographical area of south east Sicily; it is dominated by the limestone Iblean plateau. ...
Caltagirone is a town and comune in the province of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, about 70 km SW of Catania. ...
Country Italy Region Sicily Province Province of Catania (CT) Mayor Elevation 413 m Area 62. ...
The Roman Odeon. ...
Country Italy Region Sicily Province Ragusa (RG) Mayor Pietro Torchi Lucifora (since May 28, 2002 Elevation 296 m Area 290. ...
For other uses, see Noto (disambiguation). ...
Palazzolo Acreide, a town of Sicily, in the Province_of_Syracuse, 28 m. ...
Ragusa Ragusa is a city in southern Italy. ...
Scicli is a city in the Province of Ragusa in the south east of Sicily. ...
For the Catholic Liberal Arts College in New York, see Siena College. ...
Su Nuraxi, Barumini, Sardinia Central tower of the Nuraghe at Saint Antine of Torralba Su Nurraxi. ...
Syracuse (Italian Siracusa, Sicilian Sarausa, Greek , Latin Syracusae) is an Italian city on the eastern coast of Sicily and the capital of the province of Syracuse. ...
The Necropolis of Pantalica is a large necropolis in Sicily with about 5000 tombs dating from the 13th to the 7th centuries BC. Pantalica is situated in the valleys of the rivers Anapo and Calcinara, between the towns of Ferla and Sortino in south-eastern Sicily. ...
Alberobello is a small town in the province of Bari, in Puglia, Italy. ...
Urbino is a walled city in the Marche region in Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of Federico da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino from 1444 to 1482. ...
Val dOrcia with Monte Amiata, view to the west from La Foce Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Val dOrcia The Val dâOrcia, or Valdorcia, is a region of Tuscany, central Italy, which extends from the hills south of Siena to Monte Amiata. ...
For other uses, see Venice (disambiguation). ...
This article is about the city in Italy. ...
Vicenza is a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione. ...
Villa Capra La Rotonda in Vicenza The City centre of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto are a cluster of works by Andrea Palladio and his students which were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994 and expanded two years later. ...
The villas recreation of Canopus, a resort near Alexandria, as seen from the temple of Serapis Theatrical masks of Tragedy and Comedy in refined mosaic, from the villa (Capitoline Museum, Rome) The Villa of the Emperor Hadrian at Tivoli, Italy, even in ruined condition is one of the most...
Park of the Villa dEste, Carl Blechen, 1830 The gardens at the Villa dEste The Villa dEste is a masterpiece of Italian architecture and garden design. ...
Villa Romana del Casale is located about 5km outside the town of Piazza Armerina. ...
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