Places to see in ( Amalfi - Italy )

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Places to see in ( Amalfi - Italy ) ( Amalfi - Italy ) is a town in a dramatic natural setting below steep cliffs on Italy’s southwest coast. Between the 9th and 11th centuries, it was the seat of a powerful maritime republic. The Arab-Norman cathedral at the heart of town, with its striped Byzantine facade, survives from this era. The Museo Arsenale Amalfi is a medieval shipyard-turned-exhibition space. ( Amalfi - Italy ) is a town and comune in the 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 and coastal scenery. The town of Amalfi was the capital of the maritime republic known as the Duchy of Amalfi, an important trading power 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 coast on which it is located, named Costiera Amalfitana (Amalfi Coast), and is today an important tourist destination together with other towns on the same coast, such as Positano, Ravello and others. Amalfi is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Subscribe for more Places to see www.youtube.com/channel/UCLP2J3yzHO9rZDyzie5Y5Og Places to see in ( Rimini - Italy ) Italy in Miniature www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TsWbw_JJww Places to see in ( Amalfi - Italy ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXnzul-aeNQ Places to see in ( Ragusa - Italy ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YyLGUoDGuI Places to see in ( Assisi - Italy ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8oANc82nLE Places to see in ( Castellammare del Golfo - Italy ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u0_URsrdLo Places to see in ( Matera - Italy ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMqExJJADgs Places to see in ( Messina - Italy ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yFuQb5MeN0 Places to see in ( Ostuni - Italy ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=InIhHNj2Y2Y Places to see in ( Taormina - Italy ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcUa2fs_qfE Places to see in ( Como - Italy) www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr2qkoVVKs0 Places to see in ( Trieste - Italy ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq56RvV9SPU Places to see in ( Cagliari - Italy ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqbdghMr1Yc

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