It is known as Fiord
and it has the characteristics of it, but it is not the glaciers and the sea which have sculpted it, but a torrent, the Schiato, which from Agerola runs along the mountain to the point where it has incessantly dug to meet the sea.
High up, inland, on a spur of rock wedged between the valley formed by the torrent Dragone and the one deriving from the torrent Reginna.
The landscape of the Coast would not be the same without the domes of the churches shining in the sun with their bright colours.
And many alleys and stairways of the land of the Sirens would not emanate the same atmosphere without the decorations of majolica appearing here and there
The doges of Amalfi spent the summer there.
In order to enjoy until the last ray of sun kissing the Coast of the hamlet where the darkness comes later than elsewhere, Praiano. The ancient Pelagianum, then Plagianum, which already in its name bears the imprint of the sea it overlooks from Capo Sottile.
A small territory for a great navy.
Able to be honored in every age, on all the routes of the Mediterranean Sea. Therefore, that natural basin surrounded by the steep rocks, between the fjord of Furore and Amalfi, has been chosen as the navy base of the Republic and managed to win twenty-seven large galleons.
It is the smallest village of the Amalfi Coast and of Italy, but the only one of the centres in its area of influence to which the Republic of Amalfi allowed itself to boast the title of civitas (city).
He had chosen a place of rare beauty along the Coast of the Sirens:
on the sea, in a quiet valley, covered by a dense vegetation rich of game and a stream, the Reghinna Minor, nearby.
It was maybe a lucumon, head of that territory under the Etruscan dominion,
who passed on his name. Or maybe the Greek terminology which indicates a “rocky structure” or simply, the Latin word “regina” (queen).
A seaside village which lives on fishing.
It has always been like this for Cetara, which eve in its name bears evident traces of its ancient vocation: from the latin Cetaria, which means tuna fishery, or maybe cetari, which are the sellers of tuna.
The most ancient village of the Coast
Due to its internal position at a height of 400 meters, Scala shared with Ravello the function of stronghold to protect the Amalfi Republic. According to the tradition shared with other neighbouring towns, its foundation In the 4th century would be attributed to a group of shipwrecked Romans when they were traveling to Constantinople.
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