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I Love Touring Italy – Amalfi Coast and Sorrento

If you are planning a tour of Europe, should consider the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento in the Gulf of Salerno. These attractions are so popular among the jet-set and many others are part of the Campania region, in southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Tis area is not known. Do not miss our articles on Campania destinations in this series that describes the Campania, capital of Naples, the historic ruins east of Naples, the west of Naples, and finally the island of Capri.

Let's start the coastal city of Salerno and go west along the coast of Salerno, Amalfi, Ravello, which is north and continue to along the coast of Sorrento and Positano, finally, through the Bay of Naples from Naples.

Salerno's population was about 150 miles resolved long before the Roman time. Schola Medica Salernitana su (Salerno Medical School) is said to be the oldest university in Europe. In the eleventh century was considered the center of medical knowledge in western Europe, but in the thirteenth century, was on his way down. Brother-in-law Joachim Murat Napoleon closed the school. The University of Salerno was published in 1968. It includes a School of Medicine and Surgery. The city was invaded by the Allies during World War II and held a brief Italian government has declared war on Germany.

The Duomo (cathedral) was built in the XI century and restored several times. Do not miss the bell tower, chairs, and carved sarcophagi marble. In fact, be sure to see the whole building with Byzantine and Arabic influences. The Cathedral Museum contains silver statues and historical documents of the physician school. Other churches include San Benito Salerno, originally part of the seventh to the ninth century monastery destroyed by the Saracens and the baroque Church of San Jorge.

If you visit the palaces of XVII century Palazzo D'Avossa (D'Avossa Palace), Palazzo Genovese recently restored, Giannattasio Palace and the palace built COPET at the site of an ancient cemetery. Castles? The Castello di Arechi (Castillo Arechi) commander of the city is based on the Roman-Byzantine construction above and is now used for conferences and exhibitions. The eleventh century castle Terracena was practically destroyed by an earthquake in the early thirteenth century and very little remains.

Amalfi, the population about fifty thousand, was once a great mall with schools in mathematics and law. Amalfi maritime code was widely used in the region Mediterranean for centuries. He says he was born in Amalfi first brought the compass to Europe.

The Duomo di Sant'Andrea Cathedral (Catedral de San Andrés) considered the most impressive cathedral in southern Italy, was built in the ninth century and was rebuilt and expanded since then. Be sure to see the beautiful Cloister del Paradiso (Cloister Paradise) burial place of local bigwigs. The date of the chapels of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and are decorated with beautiful frescos. Pass by the Museum of the Basilica see many historical treasures. The crypt of San Andrés (Saint Andrew's Crypt), built in the thirteenth century, contains many relics of St. Andrew, the younger brother of San Pedro.

A few miles northeast of Amalfi is the town of Ravello, the population of about twenty-five cents. Ravello is home to a big party annual Italian music in honor of a famous visitor, the German opera composer Richard Wagner stayed at the Villa Rufolo, described below.

Strongly influenced Arabic Rufolo Villa has a 90-foot (30 meter) observation tower and gardens, a favorite of German opera composer Richard Wagner. This villa has been mentioned by the famous Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron.

Villa Cimbrone close looks old but was actually built in 1905. It is now a luxury hotel. If you run the hotel, you really should take a stroll through the rose gardens and see the dell'Infinita Belvedere (Belvedere of Infinity) overlooking the Gulf Salerno.

Positano, the population of less than four thousand people, has gone from being a major port in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a fishing village fifty or sixty years of the attraction of the Amalfi Coast's number one tourist. Beautiful Positano has appeared in films Only You (1994) and Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), although if it is definitely not in Tuscany.

Murat Joachim Murat resided in the Palazzo during part of his reign as king of Naples and Sicily. As you can imagine So, the Palace was just a little country getaway in this hectic, the office responsible. The gardens are beautiful and the palace is near the beach. You might also be there is now a hotel. The thirteenth century Romanesque Chiesa Santa Maria Assunta (Church of Santa Maria Assunta) is most famous for its Byzantine panel painting Virgin and Child known as the Black Madonna. According to legend, this painting was stolen by Saracen pirates who fled right into a storm. A voice shouted, "Posa Posa" (the pose, she gave birth). They fled in peace. The painting was recovered so the city takes its name.

Before I let you visit the main beach of Positano, the Great Spiaggia, and stroll along the promenade, Via Positanesi of America, the names of thousands of villagers who migrated to the United States, including New York, seeking a better life. I'll let you decide where best to live today – Positano or New York. Walking along, you will see many sights as the Tower Trasita, a historic tower defense turned into a residence.

Sorrento, the population of about ten miles, is about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Naples, Bay of Naples. It was a resort town about two thousand years. Notable visitors included British writers Lord Byron and Keats, the German author Goethe, the writer Maxim Gorky, Russian, and Italian opera singer Enrico Caruso and Luciano Pavarotti.

Sorrento has excellent museums. Correale di Terranova Museum proudly displays his collection of paintings from the XVI, XVII and XVIII, furniture and decorative objects. His reasons are as the gorgeous view. Bottega della Tarsialignea Museum (Museum of inlaid wood) is dedicated to the tradition of inlaid wood so active in the area of ​​Sorrento. It includes a good collection of these pieces surrounded by selected paintings, prints and photographs. It Campano Mineralogical Museum (Musée minerals) is relatively new. Its international collection includes minerals from Mount Vesuvius and Somma. There is also a collection of dinosaurs as a baby dinosaurs and dinosaur eggs and a display of reptiles of the Permian, which predate the dinosaurs by millions of years, almost innumerable.

There is much more to do in Sorrento, including the historic city center with the remaining walls of the protection of the Middle Ages, the century Chiostro di San Francesco fourteen (San Francisco Cloister) with its neighboring monastery, which is perhaps for 700 years before, and the Basilica of San Antonio of the eleventh century dedicated the patron Sorrento. Here you can see the crypt and the two whales. Legend has it that belonged to a whale that swallowed a child who was saved by Saint Antoine his most famous miracle.

And the food? As mentioned in other articles of this series, there's not much to eat in Campania. Lemons are a local specialty, especially when the crusts are made in a sweet liqueur known as limoncello. Anchovies are another local specialty. I do not recommend them together.

We suggest a sample menu, among others. Spaghetti alle Vongole Start (spaghetti with clams). Then try spigola (bass). For dessert, enjoy all'arancia crostata (Orange Cake). Be sure to increase your pleasure by including local wines with your meal.

We conclude with a quick look at the wines from Campania. Campania ranked ninth among the 20 Italian regions for both acreage to wine grapes and the year's total wine production. The region produces about 64% and red nearly 36% of white wine, as there is little ros? Campania produces 17 DOC wines. DOC stands for Denominazione di Origin, which can be translated as Denomination of Controlled Origin, probably a high quality wine. The G Garantita DOCG means, but is in fact no guarantee that these wines are truly superior. Only 2.8% of Campania wine carries DOC or DOCG. DOCG wines there are three: the red Taurasi, the white Greco di Tufo and Fiano di Avellino white. I tried the Fiano and found it to be a high level.

There are two DOC produced in this area: Costa d'Amalfi and Sorrento Penisola. Both are manufactured in a variety of styles with a variety of local grapes. Try them. But you can buy better wines from Campania.

About the Author

In his younger days Levi Reiss has authored or co-authored ten computer and Internet books. Now he prefers drinking fine Italian, German, or other wine, accompanied by the right foods and the right people. He knows what dieting is, and is glad that for the time being he can eat and drink what he wants, in moderation. He loves teaching various and sundry computer classes at an Ontario French-language community college. Visit his new wine, diet, health, and nutrition website www.wineinyourdiet.com and his Italian wine website www.theitalianwineconnection.com.

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