| Seaside village between Amalfi and Positano, was once the summer residence of the Dogi of the Amalfi Republic and than when Carlo I° D'Angiò was reigning, was a university site. In the past they had a flourishing industry of the silk, disappeared in the XIX century; during the XX century the discovery of coral restarted the economical interest of the area. Now the flourishing industry is the tourism, thanks to a perfect position. Not to forget to pay a visit to the church of S. Luca Evangelic, unique amongst the dozens of churches and monsters erected in the past centuries, where are kept the rest of the Saint and some painting of Giovanni Bernardo Lama (XVI) A must is a visit to the enchanted Marina of Praia where the palms wave a welcome in the tremendous gorge at the entrance to the residential centre... |