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Costiera Amalfitana*
UNESCO World Heritage Site

State Party

Italy
Type
Cultural
Criteria
ii, iv, v
Reference
830
Region**
Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription
1997 (21st Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List.
** Region as classified by UNESCO.
The Amalfi Coast, or Costiera Amalfitana in Italian, is a stretch of coastline on the southern side of the Sorrentine Peninsula of Italy (Province of Salerno), extending from Positano in the west to Vietri sul Mare in the east. The towns lying on the Amalfi Coast are Vietri sul Mare, Cetara, Maiori, Minori, Ravello, Scala, Atrani, Amalfi, Conca dei Marini, Furore,Praiano and Positano.


Atrani at the Amalfi coast.
Renowned for its rugged terrain, scenic beauty, picturesque towns and diversity, the Amalfi Coast is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
The area is featured in Positano (1953) by American writer John Steinbeck.
[edit] Notable places
Duomo (the cathedral) in Amalfi, and its cloister (Chiostro del Paradiso in Italian)
the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Positano
the churches of San Salvatore del Birecto and of Santa Maria Maddalena in Atrani
Villa Cimbrone and Villa Rufolo in Ravello
the churches of San Luca and San Gennaro in Praiano and their viewpoints
the church of San Pancrazio in Conca dei Marini and its viewpoint
the Fiord of Furore in Furore comune Furore
the church of Santa Trofimena and the ancient Roman villa in Minori


Positano and its surroundings.

Salerno Costa d'Amalfi Airport
[edit] External links
Amalfi Coast Travel Information and Photo Gallery
Amalfi Coast Photo Gallery
The Amalfi coast on line travel guide
Another Amalfi coast guide for travellers
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Campania
Provinces and places
Avellino " Benevento " Caserta " Naples " Salerno " Islands " Amalfi Coast " Sorrentine Peninsula " Cities, towns and villages
History
Kingdom of Naples " Monarchs " Viceroys " Two Sicilies " Magna Gręcia " Samnite Wars " Italia province " Duchy of Naples " Duchy of Benevento " Principality of Capua " Principality of Salerno " Duchy of Amalfi " Duchy of Sorrento " Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
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World Heritage Sites in Italy
For official site names, see each article or the List of World Heritage Sites in Italy.
Aeolian Islands · Aquileia · Agrigento · Pompeii, Herculaneum, Torre Annunziata · Botanical Garden, Padua · Caserta Palace, Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, San Leucio Complex · Castel del Monte · Cilento and Vallo di Diano, Paestum, Velia, Certosa di Padula · Amalfi Coast · Crespi d'Adda · Ravenna · Cerveteri, Tarquinia · Ferrara · Florence · Assisi · Matera · Cathedral, Torre Civica, Piazza Grande, Modena · Naples · Genoa · Mantua · Piazza del Duomo, Pisa · Pienza · Portovenere, Cinque Terre (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore), Palmaria, Tino, Tinetto · Residences of the Royal House of Savoy · Rock Drawings in Valcamonica · Rome1 · Sabbioneta · Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy · San Gimignano · Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan · Val di Noto (Caltagirone, Militello in Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo Acreide, Ragusa, Scicli) · Siena · Barumini nuraghes · Syracuse, Necropolis of Pantalica · Alberobello · Urbino · Val d'Orcia · Venice · Verona · Vicenza, Palladian Villas of the Veneto · Hadrian's Villa · Villa d'Este · Villa Romana del Casale

1 Shared with the Holy See.
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