AMALFI COAST

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Magically suspended between the blue of the sky and the iridescent sea, the Amalfi coast seems to have been born from the palette of a painter who wanted to use the warmest shades of color to create a landscape that enchants the visitor at the first shot, giving an experience electrifying and such an evocative vision of doubting, for a moment, is real.

 

The Li Galli islands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The three rocky and solitary islands (Gallo Lungo, Castelluccio and Rotonda) located a few kilometers from the beach of Positano, are reflected in the clear sea in front of the pearl of the Amalfi Coast. According to ancient legends, they were inhabited by mermaids who seduced sailors with their melodious voices: they lost control of their ships which inevitably crashed on the rocks of the islands

 

POSITANO

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In Positano, you will walk through one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. Positano is the best starting point to discover and fully enjoy the wonders of the Amalfi Coast. Positano is considered the pearl of the beautiful Amalfi Coast. Nestled between the mountains and overlooking the turquoise sea, Positano is a very fascinating tourist destination: it boasts a postcard view of the sea, it is a place that seems specially designed to amaze and inspire emotion. Positano is there, with its small houses and steps where getting lost is a delightful experience, the narrow streets leading to historic homes, trendy boutiques and breathtaking views.

 

POMPEI

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Pompei was founded around the 8th century BC. by the Osci who settled, divided into 5 villages, on the southern slopes of Vesuvius not far from the then navigable Sarno river. The city's toponym most likely derives from the number five, in the Oscan language. The first settlements date back to the Iron Age, i.e. the 9th – 7th century BC. C., when there was the culture of "pit tombs". Pompeii, at that time, was a very important commercial center, so it entered the expansionist aims of the Greeks and Etruscans first, and then of the Samnites. The Samnites deserve credit for having enlarged the city walls, preserving its great urban development. Subsequently, as happened throughout Campania, it was conquered by the Romans, managing to enter, in the last quarter of the 3rd century BC. with full rights in the Roman economic circuit; this could happen because the Mediterranean was under the total control of Rome and goods circulated freely so that even Pompeii, a great producer of wine and oil, was able to export freely as far as Provence and Spain. In this era there was a strong architectural impulse: the rectangular Forum and the triangular Forum were rebuilt and important buildings were born such as the Temple of Jupiter, the Basilica and the House of the Faun which has the dimensions of a Hellenistic palace. In the same period the Temple of Isis was also built which is a clear testimony of Pompeii's trade with the East. Under the dominion of Rome Pompeii first became a municipium and then a colony "Veneria Cornelia Pompeianorum" because it was governed by the dictator Publius Cornelius Silla who conquered it in 89 BC. and gave her the names just mentioned: Cornelia, from the name of Cornelius Silla and Veneria because Venus was particularly adored by the dictator. During this period the town experienced profound humiliation because many lands were confiscated to be given to veterans. Furthermore, the city became "Romanized" to the point that both its architectural and institutional sides were very similar to Rome. Pompeii became the "holiday residence" of the Roman patriciate and, in the imperial age, many families in favor of Augustus' policies moved here and had buildings built such as the Temple of Fortuna Augusta and the Building of Eumachia. Under Nero, Campania suffered extensive damage due to an earthquake that occurred in 62 or 63 AD. The Roman Senate immediately ordered its reconstruction, but everything was in vain, because on August 24th 79 AD. C., when the reconstruction works of the town were still in progress, a disastrous eruption of Vesuvius completely erased Pompeii and with it Herculaneum, Stabia and Oplontis. There was almost no escape for anyone and all that remained of the flourishing Pompeii was a lava layer up to three meters thick which cemented the inhabitants and destroyed all sorts of life. The plaster casts are disconcerting evidence of how the city's inhabitants perished. The eruption of 79 AD it is also remembered as the Plinian eruption because the naturalist Pliny the Elder was the most illustrious victim of the eruption.

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