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Conca DEi Marini
Picturesque and charming fishing village of Conca dei Marini, like all the
other towns of the Amalfi Coast , he tied his story to the events of the ancient
Maritime Republic of Amalfi: the chronicles of the time, in fact , describe the
Conchesi as skilled and experienced sailors traders, being able to have , among
other things, a total of 27 large galleons . Its typical houses in Mediterranean
style, the vaulted ceilings and whitewashed walls , with beautiful flowered
balconies and spectacular views of the sea , the terraces cultivated with lemon
and hanging cherry tomatoes , tranquility and the fresh sea breeze have made
Conca Marini of the " retreat " for lovers of discretion and tranquility. Among
its patrons Princess Margaret of England, Gianni Agnelli , Jacqueline Kennedy,
the Queen of Holland , Carlo Ponti and Moet & Chandon .
Among the sites of major artistic and naturalistic , we can not report :
- The Monastery of St. Rose of Lima with the Church of Santa Maria di Grado. Former Dominican monastery , built in the seventeenth century on a rocky outcrop overlooking the entire Gulf of Salerno , present the aspect of a severe, although it is rich and comfortable inside. Here, according to tradition , was built the exquisite puff Santarosa " filled with cream and pieces of fruit . Preserved in the church is the head of St. Barnabas the Apostle , one of the most important relics of the Amalfi Coast .
- The Church of San Pancrazio , surrounded by a beautiful olive grove ( which tells often used to wander in search of inspiration , the poet Alfonso Gatto ), boasts an unparalleled view of the Faraglioni of Capri and Positano. E ' was mentioned for the first time in an official document of 1370 the Archbishop of Amalfi, Monsignor Marino , and was harshly sacked in 1543 so as to remain closed for a long time and forbidden .
- The Church of St. Michael the Archangel , in the green of the Mediterranean, is mentioned for the first time in a document of 1208 ;
- The Church of St. John the Baptist and Saint Anthony of Padua , of unknown origin , located on a rocky cliff . The discovery of some urns leads us to hypothesize that the building stands on the ruins of an ancient place of pagan worship ;
- The Chapel of Our Lady of the Snow, set in the rock behind the beach of Marina di Conca, protector of sailors . Legend has it that the high-relief depicting the Madonna has been found by sailors on the beach Conchesi of Constantinople, after the sacking by the Ottomans ;
- The Emerald Grotto , a karst cave discovered in 1932 , which owes its name to the emerald hue that takes on the water because of the filtered sunlight through a slit underwater ;
- The Torre del Capo di Conca , also called Saracen Tower or White Tower , an ancient watchtower century situated on a picturesque promontory jutting into the sea and surrounded by a dense Mediterranean vegetation . It was part of the defensive towers along the coast of the entire Amalfi Coast, to defend the population against pirate raids. However, after the defeat of the Turks at Lepanto, as the tower lost its original function and was used until 1949 as a burial place ( there was even one who compared it to the "towers of silence" Indian ) .
- Marina di Conca, small, picturesque cove surrounded by a group of houses facing the sea, it is not only the port where the fishing boats dock , but also the place where in the past focused the active life of the country.
Among the sites of major artistic and naturalistic , we can not report :
- The Monastery of St. Rose of Lima with the Church of Santa Maria di Grado. Former Dominican monastery , built in the seventeenth century on a rocky outcrop overlooking the entire Gulf of Salerno , present the aspect of a severe, although it is rich and comfortable inside. Here, according to tradition , was built the exquisite puff Santarosa " filled with cream and pieces of fruit . Preserved in the church is the head of St. Barnabas the Apostle , one of the most important relics of the Amalfi Coast .
- The Church of San Pancrazio , surrounded by a beautiful olive grove ( which tells often used to wander in search of inspiration , the poet Alfonso Gatto ), boasts an unparalleled view of the Faraglioni of Capri and Positano. E ' was mentioned for the first time in an official document of 1370 the Archbishop of Amalfi, Monsignor Marino , and was harshly sacked in 1543 so as to remain closed for a long time and forbidden .
- The Church of St. Michael the Archangel , in the green of the Mediterranean, is mentioned for the first time in a document of 1208 ;
- The Church of St. John the Baptist and Saint Anthony of Padua , of unknown origin , located on a rocky cliff . The discovery of some urns leads us to hypothesize that the building stands on the ruins of an ancient place of pagan worship ;
- The Chapel of Our Lady of the Snow, set in the rock behind the beach of Marina di Conca, protector of sailors . Legend has it that the high-relief depicting the Madonna has been found by sailors on the beach Conchesi of Constantinople, after the sacking by the Ottomans ;
- The Emerald Grotto , a karst cave discovered in 1932 , which owes its name to the emerald hue that takes on the water because of the filtered sunlight through a slit underwater ;
- The Torre del Capo di Conca , also called Saracen Tower or White Tower , an ancient watchtower century situated on a picturesque promontory jutting into the sea and surrounded by a dense Mediterranean vegetation . It was part of the defensive towers along the coast of the entire Amalfi Coast, to defend the population against pirate raids. However, after the defeat of the Turks at Lepanto, as the tower lost its original function and was used until 1949 as a burial place ( there was even one who compared it to the "towers of silence" Indian ) .
- Marina di Conca, small, picturesque cove surrounded by a group of houses facing the sea, it is not only the port where the fishing boats dock , but also the place where in the past focused the active life of the country.
history!!!!
A bit of history
Many old legends tell of the founding of the Amalfi Coast, which underwent many different vicissitude but always guided by fliexible divine or higher will. All these legends date the town back ro roman times and are confirmed by recent archaeological finds from the age of late imperial Rome.Critical analysis of these finds shows that the Amalfi coast was settled around the fifth century AD when the Germanic tribes invaded the plain of Campania .The refugees from the Roman townships thet were now at the mercy of the barbarianstook refuge in the Monti Lattari.It was here that they founded the fist villages and in particular Scala. Then the refugees moved down to the valley and boult the towns of Amalfi and Atrani.They started to travel by sea and built up intense trade with North Africa and the Middle East.
However, at the beginning of the roman empire the nobiles of the senatorial class began to build patrician villas along the cosat anfd hills because the emperor Tiberius had decided to live more or less permanently on the island of Capri. These villas were located in the island of Gallo Lungo, Positano, Minori and Tramonti.
From 839 to 1131 the Amalfi coast , which corresponds to the present day Amalfi Coast and the island of Capri and part of the area around the Vesuvius, became a self governing republic. This territory not only included the coast from Cetara to Positano but also the chain of the Monti Lattari. This land was well protected by an intricate network of castle and towers. These fortifications date back to different periods and were built for different purposes..The castle were the oldest type of fortification and go bach to the time of the indipendent republic ( 839-1131). they werer mostly distribuited on the hights peaks in the areas of Stabia, Scala, Ravello and Tramonti. there was and another line of fortresses half way down the coast which mainly provided refuge for the populations of the costal areas in the event of attacks from the sea.
The maritime towns of the Amalfi Coast republic still have traces of an architecture that was influnced by the Arabs and Byzantium. We call thi style "maritime" because it is closely connected with maritime activities. The most strikingexample of this architecture is without doubt the Amalfi dockyard. This is a medieval shipyard in which the war galleys were built.
The layout and architecture of the four main civitates of the maritime duchy, Amalfi, Atrani, Ravello and Scala. were dominated by dwelling of the aristocracy that political and ecclesiastical power and ran the economy.These dwellings were up to five storeys in height and had sloper or dome-shaped roofs.They comprised an entrance hall porticoes and colonnades, a main hall with a large fireplace, and a kitchen on the last floor. On the outside walls there were WCs with terracotta pipes that drained into rivers or the sea.Importanto remain of other dwellings can also be seen in Vagliendola district, those of Via Pietro Capuano and around the Piazze del Municipio square in Amalfi, The palazzi in Ravello belonging to the Rufolo, Confalone families and others...
The religious faith of the people is not reflected in the territory of the medieval duchy, but also in the overseas coloniens in byzantium, Antioch and Jerusal where many Beneditine monasteries were founded by people form Amalfi.Some of the Benedidtine monasteries in Amalfi Coast still etain fine fresco cycle from High Middle Ages, most of each show Byzantine influences. Cistercian and Franciscan monasteries were were founded between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries at Amalfi , Ravello, Maiori, Tramonti and Cetara.
Many old legends tell of the founding of the Amalfi Coast, which underwent many different vicissitude but always guided by fliexible divine or higher will. All these legends date the town back ro roman times and are confirmed by recent archaeological finds from the age of late imperial Rome.Critical analysis of these finds shows that the Amalfi coast was settled around the fifth century AD when the Germanic tribes invaded the plain of Campania .The refugees from the Roman townships thet were now at the mercy of the barbarianstook refuge in the Monti Lattari.It was here that they founded the fist villages and in particular Scala. Then the refugees moved down to the valley and boult the towns of Amalfi and Atrani.They started to travel by sea and built up intense trade with North Africa and the Middle East.
However, at the beginning of the roman empire the nobiles of the senatorial class began to build patrician villas along the cosat anfd hills because the emperor Tiberius had decided to live more or less permanently on the island of Capri. These villas were located in the island of Gallo Lungo, Positano, Minori and Tramonti.
From 839 to 1131 the Amalfi coast , which corresponds to the present day Amalfi Coast and the island of Capri and part of the area around the Vesuvius, became a self governing republic. This territory not only included the coast from Cetara to Positano but also the chain of the Monti Lattari. This land was well protected by an intricate network of castle and towers. These fortifications date back to different periods and were built for different purposes..The castle were the oldest type of fortification and go bach to the time of the indipendent republic ( 839-1131). they werer mostly distribuited on the hights peaks in the areas of Stabia, Scala, Ravello and Tramonti. there was and another line of fortresses half way down the coast which mainly provided refuge for the populations of the costal areas in the event of attacks from the sea.
The maritime towns of the Amalfi Coast republic still have traces of an architecture that was influnced by the Arabs and Byzantium. We call thi style "maritime" because it is closely connected with maritime activities. The most strikingexample of this architecture is without doubt the Amalfi dockyard. This is a medieval shipyard in which the war galleys were built.
The layout and architecture of the four main civitates of the maritime duchy, Amalfi, Atrani, Ravello and Scala. were dominated by dwelling of the aristocracy that political and ecclesiastical power and ran the economy.These dwellings were up to five storeys in height and had sloper or dome-shaped roofs.They comprised an entrance hall porticoes and colonnades, a main hall with a large fireplace, and a kitchen on the last floor. On the outside walls there were WCs with terracotta pipes that drained into rivers or the sea.Importanto remain of other dwellings can also be seen in Vagliendola district, those of Via Pietro Capuano and around the Piazze del Municipio square in Amalfi, The palazzi in Ravello belonging to the Rufolo, Confalone families and others...
The religious faith of the people is not reflected in the territory of the medieval duchy, but also in the overseas coloniens in byzantium, Antioch and Jerusal where many Beneditine monasteries were founded by people form Amalfi.Some of the Benedidtine monasteries in Amalfi Coast still etain fine fresco cycle from High Middle Ages, most of each show Byzantine influences. Cistercian and Franciscan monasteries were were founded between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries at Amalfi , Ravello, Maiori, Tramonti and Cetara.
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...siparietto...
Lei: Amore ci vorrebbe una bella vacanza!!!
Lui: hai ragione Amore, ma adesso è un periodo un pò bruttino economicamente..
Lei: hai ragione, ma un weekend che sarà mai!
Lui: Va bene Amore, deciti tu allora dove vuoi passare il weekend!
Lei: assolutamente no, deciti tu Amore.
Lui: va bene in montagna?
Lei: ma Amore ho già fatto i biglietti per il mare.....
insomma alla fine decidono sempre le donne!!!
Lui: hai ragione Amore, ma adesso è un periodo un pò bruttino economicamente..
Lei: hai ragione, ma un weekend che sarà mai!
Lui: Va bene Amore, deciti tu allora dove vuoi passare il weekend!
Lei: assolutamente no, deciti tu Amore.
Lui: va bene in montagna?
Lei: ma Amore ho già fatto i biglietti per il mare.....
insomma alla fine decidono sempre le donne!!!
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