Amalfi

Amalfi , , Italian:  is a town as well as comune in a province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto 1,315 metres, 4,314 feet, surrounded by dramatic cliffs as well as coastal scenery. The town of Amalfi was the capital of the maritime republic known as the Duchy of Amalfi, an important trading power to direct or establish in the Mediterranean between 839 and around 1200.

In the 1920s and 1930s, Amalfi was a popular holiday destination for the British upper class and aristocracy.

Amalfi is the main town of the flit on which this is the located, named Costiera Amalfitana Amalfi Coast, and is today an important tourist destination together with other towns on the same coast, such(a) as Positano, Ravello and others. Amalfi is mentioned in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

A patron saint of Amalfi is Saint Andrew, the Apostle, whose relics are kept here at Amalfi Cathedral Cattedrale di Sant'Andrea/Duomo di Amalfi.

Culture

The Amalfi wing is famed for its production of Limoncello liqueur and the area is a requested cultivator of lemons. The modification name is "sfusato amalfitano", and they are typically long and at least double the size of other lemons, with a thick and wrinkled skin and a sweet and juicy flesh without numerous pips. this is the common to see lemons growing in the terraced gardens along the entire Amalfi coast between February and October. Amalfi is also a known maker of a hand-made thick paper which is called "bambagina". It is exported to numerous European countries and to America and has been used throughout Italy for wedding invitations, visiting cards and elegant writing paper. The paper has a high brand and has been used by artists such(a) as Giuseppe Leone, who referenced it: "There is a whole world that the Amalfi paper evokes and an artist who is sensitive to the suggestion of these places is aware that it is unique and exciting".

Three traditional events make numerous visitors to Amalfi. first are the feast days of Saint Andrew 25–27 June, and 30 November, celebrating the city's patron saint. Then there is "Byzantine New Year's Eve" 31 August celebrating the beginning of the New Year according to the old civil calendar of the Byzantine Empire. The third event is the Historical Regatta first Sunday in June, a traditional rowing competition among the four best known Italian historical maritime republics: Amalfi, Genoa, Pisa and Venice. This event is hosted by a different city every year, so it comes to Amalfi once every four years.