Cava de' Tirreni (; Cilentan: ''A Càva'') is a city and '' comune'' in the region of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, northwest of the town of

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. It lies in a richly cultivated valley surrounded by wooded hills, and is a popular tourist resort. The abbey of La Trinità della Cava is located there.

Geography

Overview

Cava de' Tirreni lies among the hills close to the Tyrrhenian Sea, north of the Amalfi Coast and serving in practice as its northern gateway. The inhabited area is 198 m above sea level, in a valley situated between two mountain groups: the Lattari Mountains (which separate Cava from the Amalfi Coast) to the west and the Picentini Mountains to the east. Many of Cava's citizens reside in the hills surrounding the town. Cava is bordered to the north by Nocera Superiore, Roccapiemonte and Mercato San Severino; to the east by Baronissi,

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and

; to the south by Vietri sul Mare and Maiori; and to the west by Tramonti. The town is a link between the geographical area of Agro Nocerino Sarnese (flat, with an agricultural and industrial economy) and the Sorrento Peninsula (mountainous, with an economy based on tourism).

''Frazioni''

The it, frazioni of Cava are: Alessia, Annunziata, Arcara, Casaburi-Rotolo, Castagneto, Corpo di Cava, Croce, Dupino, Marini, Passiano, Pregiato, San Cesareo, San Pietro, Sant'Anna, Sant'Arcangelo, San Martino, Santa Lucia, Santa Maria del Rovo, Santi Quaranta.

History

The church and the greater part of the abbey buildings were entirely modernized in 1796. The old

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cloisters are preserved. The church contains a fine organ and several ancient sarcophagi. The archives, now national property, include fine ''

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'', documents and manuscripts of great value (including the ''Codex Legum Longobardorum'' of 1004 and the La Cava Bible).

Main sights

* Abbey of La Trinità della Cava, founded in 1011. Features include the

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with mosaics (12th century), the grotto of St. Alferius, the Romanesque

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(13th century) and the large library, housing more than 50,000 volumes. *Cathedral (''Duomo''), begun in 1517 and opened in 1571. *Sanctuary of St. Francis and St. Anthony, an early 16th-century structure restored after the 1980 earthquake had damaged it. The façade is in

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and travertine, with three large arches, the central one surmounted by a balcony. The main portal has a series of friezes sculpted in 1528 by local masters and containing scenes from the Gospels. The belltower, with three orders, was finished in 1584. The interior is on the Latin Cross plan, with some 16th-century frescoes by Belisario Corenzio in the sacristy.

Personalities

Lucia Apicella Lucia Apicella (18 November 1887 in Cava de' Tirreni – 23 July 1982 in Cava de' Tirreni) was an Italian philanthropist, nicknamed "Mamma Lucia" (Mother Lucy). Born and raised in Sant'Arcangelo of Cava de 'Tirreni, immediately after World War II ...

(Mamma Lucia, philanthropist) * Ferrante I d'Aragona (Ferdinand I of Naples, King of Naples from 1458 to 1494) *

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(writer and publisher) * Ferdinando Baldi (film director, film producer and screenwriter) *

Alfonso Balzico Alfonso Balzico (October 18, 1825 – February 3, 1901) was an Italian sculptor. He was born in Cava de' Tirreni, near Salerno in Italy and died in Rome. Biography After completing studies in literature, he began sculpting in wood, then ...

(sculptor and painter) *

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* Alda Borelli, actress in theatre and

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(16th century engineer) *

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(16th century soldier) * Giuliana De Sio (actress) * Teresa De Sio (singer) * Giovanni Vincenzo Della Monica (16th century engineer; collaborated with

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(cartoonist) * Antonietta Di Martino ( high jumper, Italian indoor/outdoor champion) *

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(architect, designer of the cloisters of Santa Caterina a Formiello) * Giulio Genoino (Catholic priest; originator, with Masaniello, of the Neapolitan Revolt of 1647) *

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(philosopher, jurist, politician and noted anticurialist) *

Simonetta Lamberti The murder of Simonetta Lamberti took place in Cava de' Tirreni, Italy, on 29 May 1982. The victim, the 11-year-old daughter of magistrate Alfonso Lamberti (1937-2015), was killed during an attack targeting her father, at the time prosecutor o ...

(10-year-old victim of a

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killing) * Sabato Martelli Castaldi (General of the Italian Air Force, partisan and martyr killed in the slaughter of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre on 24 March 1944; posthumous

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(football player) * Andrea Rispoli (football player) * Fausto Salsano (football manager) * Raffaele Schiavi (football player) * Stefano Sorrentino (football player) *Federico Pisapia, Marco Senatore, Vincenzo Schiavo, Giuseppe Schiavo (First FLAGS artists in Cirque du Soliel 2011)

Twin towns – sister cities

Cava de' Tirreni is

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with: *

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* Nesvizh,

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References

External links

Tuttosucava.it – All about Cava
(click on union flag to see English translation)
Local Tourist Office of Cava de' Tirreni
(English version)
CampaniaMeteo: weather report and forecast

Archidiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni

Photos of Cava de' Tirreni
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