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  Salerno - LoveToKnow 1911
The chief buildings are the theatre, the prefecture, and the cathedral of St Matthew (whose bones were brought from Paestum to Salerno in 954), begun in 1076 by Robert Guiscard and consecrated in 1084 by Gregory VII.
In front is a beautiful quadrangular court (112 by 102 ft.), surrounded by arcades formed of twenty-eight ancient pillars mostly of granite from Paestum, and containing twelve sarcophagi of various periods; the middle entrance into the church is closed by remarkable bronze doors of 11th-century Byzantine work.
Salerno university, founded in 1150, and long one of the great seats of learning in Italy, was closed in 1817.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Salerno   (492 words)

  
 Salerno - Campania - Italy
Locality: Salerno is the main town of the "Costiera Amalfitana", situated in the middle of two enchanting coasts, the Amalfi and Cilento coasts; it was the seat of the oldest university in Europe, the Schola Medica Salernitana, the most important source of medical knowledge in Europe in the early Middle Ages.
In 1799 Salerno was incorporated into the Parthenopean Republic; during the Napoleonic period, Joachim Murat decreed the closing of the Salerno Medical School, that had been declining for decades to the level of a theoretical school.
In September 1943, Salerno was the scene of the landing of the allies and from February 12th to July 17th 1944 it gave hospitality to the Government of Marshal Badoglio.
www.italyworldclub.com /campania/salerno/salerno.htm   (631 words)

  
 Province of Salerno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salerno (Italian: Provincia di Salerno) is a province in the Campania region of Italy.
The largest towns in the province are Salerno the capital which has a population of 146,324; Cava de' Tirreni with a population of 52,616; Battipaglia with a population of 50,958; and Nocera Inferiore which has a population of 47,932).
One of the many historical buildings in the province is the chapter house belonging to the Certosa di Padula (or Carthreuse of Padula or of San Lorenzo in Padula), a Carthusian monastery, in the town of Padula.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Province_of_Salerno   (296 words)

  
 ItalianVisits.com - Welcome to Salerno
Salerno, south from Naples on the A3, on the Bay of Salerno, is a city of just over 144,000 inhabitants.
Acquired as pat of the patrimony of the provincial authorities of Salerno, the Castle has been renovated and during the process of renovation, a remarkable quantity of medieval ceramics and coins were recovered.
In the section relating to the Renaissance the 'tavole' of Andrea Sabatini da Salerno and the Maestro della incoronazione di Eboli, the paintings of 1600 by Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Andrewa De Leoni and Carlo Rosa are of great interest.
www.italianvisits.com /campania/salerno   (1079 words)

  
 Itineraries - Salerno and province - Salerno   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Salerno is of course more than a simple hinge pin, for it in turn has its own culture which goes back to the School of Medicine that was founded and flourished there in the Early Middle Ages.
Salerno hosts two festivals: the international film festival and the cabaret festival; its pride in its present-day activities is seen in the Fosof, the Hardware and Software Exhibition, which is seen as a step forward into the future.
The active and, indeed, creative connection between Salerno's present situation and its splendid past that fades in the iridescent dawn of Mediterranean myths is expressed in the events that have been devised in the various towns in the province and that have become attractions that Italian and foreign tourists should not miss.
www.fromitaly.it /english/region/campania/itinera/salerno/salerno.htm   (325 words)

  
 Salerno - Campania - Italy: the Municipalities
The Province of Salerno has a surface area of 4,917 square km, with a total population of just over 1 million inhabitants.
The Province includes the celebrated "Costiera Amalfitana" in the North, with the picturesque little towns of Amalfi, Tramonti, Positano, Conca dei Marini, Praiano, Cetara, Furore, Atrani, Scala, Minori, Ravello, Maiori and Vietri sul Mare, and the enchanting Cilento coast to the south.
Since antiquity an important colony of the Greeks, it became in 194 BC it was a Roman territory, and maintained its culture and traditions during the occupation of Goths, Byzantines, Languebards and Normans.
www.italyworldclub.com /campania/salerno/index.html   (144 words)

  
 Map of Salerno. Location of Salerno. (The province of Salerno)
This is a map of Italy that identifies the province of Salerno.
The province of Salerno is a part of the Campania region.
Italy: Index to provinces and regions in Italy.
www.pickatrail.com /jupiter/location/europe/italy/salerno.html   (433 words)

  
 Publications - Valerie Ramseyer, Wellesley History Department
Geographically it concentrates on the core regions of the Principality, meaning the modern-day province of Salerno that stretches south to include both Cilento and the Valley of Diano.
The province of Salerno clearly participated in the European-wide reform movement, often referred to as the Gregorian Reform, that radically transformed the Catholic Church beginning in the second half of the eleventh century.
Territorial Lordship in the Principality of Salerno, 1050-1150
www.wellesley.edu /History/VRamseyer/publications.html   (1165 words)

  
 Camp Salerno / Forward Operating Base Salerno
Camp Salerno is in the province of Khost, close to the border with Pakistan, where hundreds of Taleban and al-Qaeda fighters are believed to be hiding.
The mountains surrounding the Salerno plain would limit the depth of the initial beachhead and expose the invading troops to enemy observation, fire, and attack from higher ground.
However, because of the expansion of Salerno, LTC Daley moved personnel and equipment from all over Afghanistan, forming the Task Force Salerno Signal Team (otherwise known as the “A” team).
www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/fob_salerno.htm   (2189 words)

  
 SALERNO: tourism and culture (Italian language schools and courses to learn italian in Italy.)
It extends on a 4922 square Km surface and it is the second most populated town of the region (about one million inhabitants).
The provincial boundaries are marked by the province of Naples to the North-West, by the province of Avellino to the North, by the province of Potenza to the East and to the South and finally, to the West, by the province of Salerno.
The territory of Salerno’s province is varied and presents a good percentage of hilly and mountainous areas, while the level part is only 11%, but constitutes one of the most important agricultural areas thanks to its extraordinary fertility.
www.it-schools.com /sections/travel-and-culture-in-italy/campaniat/travel-and-culture-in-salerno.shtml   (272 words)

  
 Descendants of Gaetano Bianco
1856 in Padula, Salerno Province, Italy, and died Unknown in Padula, Salerno Province, Italy.
Maria Sabina DiGiuseppe, born 11 August 1889 in Padula, Salerno Province, Italy; died 2 November 1890 in Padula, Salerno Province, Italy.
She was born 25 February 1904 in Padula, Salerno Province, Italy, and died 3 February 1980 in Queens, NY.
members.aol.com /rich353/gbdescen.htm   (470 words)

  
 Hotels, B&B, Farm Holiday, Apartments in salerno Italy
Broad rays of sunshine and a freshly-laundered fragrance welcome guests in this bright apartament, which has been tastefully decorated and is located centrally, and only 200 metres from the seashore.
Dipped private villa in the green appeared at Salerno gulf.
This delicious studio apartment of about 40 square meters, is the annex of the main Maria apartment, it has one bedroom with a sofa bed (double) it sleeps four person, fitted kitchen furnished in complete way with new and functional equipment: one large fridge with freezer, 4...
www.bbplanet.it /st_en.asp?provincia=SALERNO   (467 words)

  
 Borsa Mediterranea del Turismo Archeologico : Other Events
Palazzo Pinto, an aristocratic house in the historical centre of Salerno, lend its rooms for the picture-gallery of the province of Salerno.
Here it can be found a rich documentation of the history of the province of Salerno from the prehistory.
There are ceramics from Campania, Lucania and Sannio of the Hellenic age, Etruscan bases, bronze ornaments and in particular the marvellous head of Apollo found in the sea of salerno's gulf.
www.borsaturismo.com /2004/en_eventi_visite.htm   (1114 words)

  
 Amalfi hotels, Italy - online listings and reservation
Amalfi enjoys a spectacular location, the whitewashed buildings of the town clinging to the rugged cliffs and gazing down upon the blue waters of the Gulf of Salerno.
Today, it is most famous as the heart of what is arguably the most beautiful stretch of coastline in Europe, with the coastal road winding spectacularly between Salerno, Ravello and round the headland to Sorrento.
There are taxis nearby, and the nearest ferries (out to Capri and the islands) are 21 kilometres away in Salerno.
www.ahotelinitaly.com /hotel-aurora-amalfi   (274 words)

  
 Salerno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the following century, during the Gothic Wars, the Goths were defeated by the Byzantines, whose domination however later lasted 15 years (from 553 to 568), up to the Lombards invaded almost the whole peninsula.
The latter decreed the closing of the Salerno Medical School, that had been declining for decades to the level of a theoretical school.
Campania · Communes of the province of Salerno
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salerno   (1995 words)

  
 Salerno   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Ageas is a Local Energy Agency established in July 2003 within the framework of the European Programme SAVE II.
The Majority Member is the Province of Salerno.
Promotes the development of a sustainable economy over the provincial territory, through the improvement of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources.
www.fedarene.org /mmbrdtls/Salerno.htm   (143 words)

  
 Salerno hotel booking from ahotelinitaly.com
Salerno is a lively little port on Italy's Campania coast, and this four-star Salerno hotel has a terrific location, facing onto Lungomare and situated near both the railway station and the port.
This Salerno hotel is a great base for business and leisure trips, with its conference room able to host up to 150 people.
The hotel also has a lounge bar and cafe, and the friendly front desk staff are on hand to answer any questions, help you plan your vacation in Salerno and give any advice.
www.ahotelinitaly.com /jolly-hotel-salerno   (240 words)

  
 EconPapers: Industrial Localisation and Economic Development. A Case Study
The first was to identify, by means of cluster analysis, specialization of industrial areas in this province For that, some methodological points are previously selected from the current approach to development economics, that focuses both on genesis and evolution of local systems, by emphasising, among other aspects, the role of the immaterial resources and institutions.
The results depict a variegated territory comprising both areas of closed economy, where the purpose of economic activity is to satisfy basic needs (food and housing), and areas that display a certain degree of economic openness towards the outside markets.
The approach used was the simple correspondence analysis of a set of qualitative variables surveyed, by a questionnaire given to 462 businesses in the province of Salerno.
econpapers.repec.org /paper/salcelpdp/71.htm   (340 words)

  
 Lou Alfano's Italian Genealogy & Culture Homepage
Saint Alfano was Archbishop of Salerno in the eleventh century.
In the Comune of AVELLINO, Province of AVELLINO, CAMPANIA Region: Amadeo, Battista, Candola, DeNatale, DiVenezia, Forte,Passola, Tulimiero, Tupo
In the Comune of VASTO, Province of CHIETI, ABRUZZO Region: Benedetti, Bottaro, D'Adamo, DeCristofaro, DiFoglio, DiGiosa, DiGuglilemo, DiMarco, DiPhilippi, DiSpalatro, Falvio, Fante, Fanti, Forte, Gioja, Giosa, Marchesani, Monteferrante, Muratore, Perozzi, Raspa, Suriani, Stivaletta, Vinciguerra
www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/1709/Alfano.htm   (1898 words)

  
 Seconda Borsa Mediterranea del Turismo Archeologico - Provincia di Salerno   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Letter by Alfonso Andria, President of the Province of Salerno.
The Province of Salerno is organising the Fair of the Mediterranean Archaeological Tourism, that will take place in Paestum (Salerno), from November the 4th to November the 7th 1999.
In an area covering about 4000 sm., 60 exhibitors (representing 4 different Mediterranean countries, 9 Italian regions, 20 provinces, 12 municipalities) were given the possibility to meet about 10.000 visitors.
storia.borsaturismo.com /lettera99e.htm   (310 words)

  
 Bed and Breakfast Paestum. Complete Italian B&B Directory. Bed & Breakfast Italia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In the province of Salerno, three triple rooms and a double with independent entrance furnished in a sober and handy style, all with private bathroom and shower.
A two-room flat on the third floor, with lift, of a modern building offering sea views in the centre of Maiori,, 20 m from the sea.
The bed & breakfast is situated in the province of Salerno on the edge of the Cilento National Park.
www.bbitalia.it /en/bed-breakfast-paestum.html   (299 words)

  
 Around Naples Encyclopedia 23
The province of Naples is not the largest in area in the Campania region, however.
That distinction goes to the neighbouring province of Salerno to the south.
That spur of coast separates the Gulf of Salerno to the north from the Gulf of Policastro in the south.
faculty.ed.umuc.edu /~jmatthew/naples/blog23.htm   (12805 words)

  
 Province of Salerno Planning a Wedding: Planning a Wedding in Province of Salerno, Campania
Province of Salerno Planning a Wedding: Planning a Wedding in Province of Salerno, Campania
A WorldWeb.com travel guide to Planning a Wedding in Province of Salerno, Campania.
In order to be legally wed in Italy, the marriage must be performed by a local civil official and the ceremony must not be held on the property of any foreign embassy or consulate.
www.campania.worldweb.com /ProvinceofSalerno/FeaturesReviews/PlanningaWedding   (75 words)

  
 Provincia di Salerno
PAOLO SIGNORINO Dipinti SALERNO Palazzo Sant'Agostino, 28 dicembre 2006 - 28 gennaio 2007 inaugurazione 28 dicembre ore 16,30 Catalogo Edizioni Grafite Giovedì 28 dicembre, alle ore 16,30 presso Palazzo Sant'Agostino, sarà inaugurata la mostra...
Mercoledì 20 dicembre nel Salone Bottiglieri della Provincia di Salerno si è tenuto un incontro sul tema delle Pari Opportunità promosso dalla Commissione Provinciale di Salerno per le Pari Opportunità in collaborazione con gli Assessorati alle Polit...
Martedì 19 dicembre 2006, alle ore 10.30, presso il Salone Bottiglieri della Provincia di Salerno si è tenuta la conferenza stampa di presentazione di nuovi progetti di servizio civile.
www.provincia.salerno.it   (801 words)

  
 Seismic Risk Evaluation in the Area of the Province of Salerno
Seismic Risk Evaluation in the Area of the Province of Salerno
A preliminary analysis is presented of the seismic risk assessment in the Province of Salerno to be used as a basis for the definition of Prediction and Prevention programs.
In this study, the evaluation of the seismic hazard in the area has been carried out using two approaches: historical determinism and seismotectonic probabilism.
library.witpress.com /pages/PaperInfo.asp?PaperID=5551   (234 words)

  
 Amalfi Coast hotels - Campania, Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Amalfi Coast is one of the most stunning stretches of seascape in all Italy, and this Maiori hotel lies on the longest unbroken stretch of beach on the whole coast.
Situated just an hour from Naples (Napoli) and just 30 minutes from Salerno, it is within easy reach of Amalfi, of Ravello and Vietri sul Mare.
This Amalfi hotel has a firm focus on the family (there is a lovely outdoor swimming pool), and the restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.
www.knowital.com /campania/salerno/hotelsanpietro/hotel.html   (156 words)

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