Before Genoa and Venice there was Amalfi: between the ninth and eleventh centuries, Italy's oldest maritime republic laid down the law of the seas with its Tavole Amalfitane, the maritime code used across the Mediterranean for centuries. The cathedral of Sant'Andrea atop its monumental staircase, with Byzantine-flavoured façade and the Cloister of Paradise, enthrones that memory.
In the Valley of the Mills the famous bambagina paper was made: the paper museum tells the story in a medieval works. Terraced lemon groves, lanes beneath arches and the ferry pier for Positano and Capri: the Coast takes its name — and keeps its heart — here.
Amalfi Cathedral · Museo della carta
Pizza Napoletana · Caprese
25 places to stay · top rated: Borgo Santandrea 9.9 · HOTEL ZI'NTONIO 9.8
Next up: Saint Andrew and the run up the steps, Saturday 26 June
Nearest airport: Napoli Capodichino, 38 km away
Amalfi is part of 🏖️ Seaside 🏛️ UNESCO heritage
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📅 Every year, on 26 and 27 June; the liturgical feast on 30 November
Amalfi's patron is celebrated twice: on 26 and 27 June for the miracle of 1544 against Barbarossa's pirates, and on 30 November. Both end with the run up the cathedral steps.
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Outside Amalfi, but an easy day trip away.
