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Salerno
Capoluogo di provincia (abitanti comune 153.000, ab. provincia 1.061.000) che si affaccia sul golfo omonimo. La cittā offre al visitatore angoli medievali e una splendida veduta del golfo dal lungomare . Salerno č oltre che un centro agricolo e commerciale anche un luogo di transito per i turisti diretti sulla Costiera Amalfitana.
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The Historic Centre of Salerno is particularly beautiful and fascinating, still preserving its village harbour characteristics, with winding lanes and alleyways that entwine up the hillside. Dominated by the Arechi castle, it has the city's most repr... 
A superb example of Romanesque architecture, the Duomo is the most representative monument in Salerno. Building began in 1076, on the orders of Robert I of Guiscard and Alfonso abbot of Montecassino, who then became the archbishop of the city, and co... 
The Provincial Archaeological Museum, set up in 1927 with the purpose of gathering and housing the material that documents the history of the civilisation that developed in the Province of Salerno over the centuries, has been housed since 1964 in the... 
Piazza Amendola is the centre of city life, although it neither corresponds to the topographical centre of Salerno, nor to its "political" heart. In fact, the most representative public buildings stand on the square: the Prefecture building, the Poli... 
The Medical School of the Province of Salerno is the oldest and most famous medical institution in Europe. Uncertain its origins, it already existed in the ninth century and reached the height of its splendour in the twelfth and thirteenth century. T... 
On the Bonadies hills, 300 m. above sea level, in a position dominating the old quarter of "Planum Montis", where the medical school was housed, and the whole town of Salerno, rises the Arechi Castle. The building, originally Byzantine, was enlarged ... 
The Diocesan Museum of Salerno, is housed in the building that was once the Seminary of the archbishopric. It is an important reference point for an understanding of the history and culture of Campania from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century. ... 
