| Salerno Salerno | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Campania | |
| Inhabitants | 133.504 (2014 census) | |
| Name inhabitants | Salerno | |
| Prefix tel | 39 089 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 84100 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | St. Matthew | |
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Salerno is a city of Campania.
To know
Geographical notes
The city rises on the homonymous gulf of the Tyrrhenian Sea, between the Amalfi Coast (to the west) and the Sele plain and the Cilento (to the south), at the point where the Irno valley opens towards the sea.
From the orographic point of view, the municipal area is very varied, in fact it goes from sea level up to 953 meters of Mount Stella. The inhabited area develops along the coast and extends inland to the hills behind it.
The city is crossed by the river Irno, which until the middle of the last century marked its eastern border and from which, probably, its name derives. Another watercourse that flows in the municipal area is the Picentino river, which to the east of Salerno separates the city itself from the neighboring one. Pontecagnano Faiano.
When to go
The climate is typically Mediterranean, with mild, rainy winters and moderately hot summers.
Due to its conformation, winds of a certain intensity are generated, especially in the period between summer and autumn; while in winter there are incursions of cold air from the Balkans.
How to orient yourself
Salerno: full screen map.
How to get
By plane
- 1 Salerno - Costa d'Amalfi Airport (IATA: QSR) (located in the territory of the municipalities of Bellizzi is Pontecagnano Faiano. It is about 12 km from the city.). L'Salerno-Pontecagnano airport, called "Salerno Costa d'Amalfi", in January 2021 is active only for general aviation flights. In the future it will be opened to commercial air traffic.
By car
Salerno is connected to the A3 motorway (part of the European road E45) and is the northern end of its longest section, the Salerno-Reggio Calabria; moreover, through the highway RA02 Salerno-Avellino, you can reach the A30 and A16 motorways.
As for the state roads, Salerno is crossed by the SS 18 Tirrena Inferiore; part of the route constitutes the city ring road.
The regional and provincial roads that cross the municipal area are:
Regional Road 88 / b Junction SP 222-Junction SP 219-Baronissi-Junction SP 26.
Provincial Road 25 / a SP 25 (Km 0 900) -Malche-Giffoni Valle Piana.
Provincial Road 27 Fratte-Pellezzano-Baronissi.
Provincial Road 129 / b Croce di Cava-Arechi Castle-Salerno (A3).
Provincial Road 193 Cupa Siglia-Graft SS 18-Graft SP 25 for Giffoni V.P..
Provincial Road 212 SP 333-Altimari-Giovi connection.
Provincial Road 227 Tora di Filetta-Altimari-Ostaglio junction.
Provincial Road 333 S.Mango Piemonte-Altimari junction.
Provincial Road 417 Aversana.
Regional Road 88 / b Junction SP 222-Junction SP 219-Baronissi-Junction SP 26.
Provincial Road 25 / a SP 25 (Km 0 900) -Malche-Giffoni Valle Piana.
Provincial Road 27 Fratte-Pellezzano-Baronissi.
Provincial Road 129 / b Croce di Cava-Arechi Castle-Salerno (A3).
Provincial Road 193 Cupa Siglia-Graft SS 18-Graft SP 25 for Giffoni V.P..
Provincial Road 212 SP 333-Altimari-Giovi connection.
Provincial Road 227 Tora di Filetta-Altimari-Ostaglio junction.
Provincial Road 333 S.Mango Piemonte-Altimari junction.
Provincial Road 417 Aversana.The port of Salerno is one of the busiest in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
On the train
The city has four railway stations, three of which are reserved for regional transport. The central station is instead a place of transit and departure for trains in the South-North and North-South direction, both along the Tyrrhenian line and along the Battipaglia-Potenza-Metaponto line.
The railway lines that cross the city are:
- Naples - Salerno
- Salerno - Reggio Calabria
- Salerno - San Severino Market
- line upstream of Vesuvius
- Salerno - Nocera Inferiore via Cava de 'Tirreni (once part of the old Naples - Salerno section)
The station is also the terminus of most of the urban bus lines.
By bus
- Troiolo Bus, Corso Garibaldi, 185 - Siderno, ☎ 39 0964 381325, fax: 39 0964 381325, @[email protected]. The company allows the direct connection of Salerno with Africo, Ardor, Badolato, White, Bovalino, Brancaleone, Catanzaro, Catanzaro Lido, Caulonia, Davoli, Guardavalle, Isca on the Ionian Sea, Lamezia Terme, Locri, Marina of Gioiosa Ionica, Monasterace, Montepaone, Polistena, Riace, Roccella Jonica, Rosarno, Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Jonio, Saint Catherine, Siderno, Soverato, Squillace, Taurianova is Vibo Valentia; not all connections are daily.
How to get around
By bike
- Bicincentro (Bike sharing service), ☎ 39 089 258 0403, 39 345 2704 449, ☎800 100 563.
Mon-Sun 07: 00-23: 00.
Mon-Sun 07: 00-23: 00.What see
- 1 The Garden of Minerva (Botanical garden of the Salerno medical school), Via Ferrante Sanseverino, 1 (You can get there by walking from the old town or by taking the lift from the lower area.), ☎ 39 089 252 423, @[email protected].
€3. Beautiful botanical garden structured on five terraces. The plants are well labeled with their scientific name and the location where they normally reproduce. You can enjoy the panoramic view and the scents of the plants, observe the irrigation system, or rest in the internal room where a RAI documentary on the garden is shown. Don't pay you can always take a fantastic herbal tea in the tea room inside, managed by the Nemus cultural association.
€3. Beautiful botanical garden structured on five terraces. The plants are well labeled with their scientific name and the location where they normally reproduce. You can enjoy the panoramic view and the scents of the plants, observe the irrigation system, or rest in the internal room where a RAI documentary on the garden is shown. Don't pay you can always take a fantastic herbal tea in the tea room inside, managed by the Nemus cultural association.Churches
- 2 Salerno Cathedral, Via Roberto il Guiscardo, Salerno. Built in the 11th century at the behest of Roberto il Guiscardo and Bishop Alfano I, probably on the site of a previous pagan religious building. Very interesting, from an architectural and artistic point of view, is the bell tower in Arab-Norman style, 52 meters high and commissioned in the 12th century by Archbishop Guglielmo da Ravenna.
- 3 Church of Sant'Andrea de Lavina, Vicolo delle Galesse. Built in honor of its patron by the Amalfi people deported to the city by Sicardo.
- 4 Church of Santa Maria de Lama, Vicolo Duca Ruggiero. Built on a previous construction of the Roman era and which retains the only traces of Lombard painting still existing in the city.
- 5 Church of the Most Holy Crucifix, Giacomo Matteotti Square. From the 13th century, with a basilica layout, it was once connected to the monastery of San Benedetto, from the Lombard period and in Romanesque style.
- 6 Church of the Mount of the Dead, Via Bastioni. Sixteenth-century church, characterized by an octagonal plan, unusual in the city.
- 7 Church of San Filippo Neri, Via Bastioni. Sixteenth-century church, characterized by an octagonal plan, unusual in the city.
- 8 Church of San Giorgio, Via Duomo. From the early '700 commonly defined as "the most beautiful baroque church" in the city, it houses the relics of the holy martyrs of Salerno Santa Tecla, Archelaa and Susanna and with paintings by Andrea Sabatini.
- 9 Church of the Santissima Annunziata. Built in 1627 to replace a previous fifteenth-century church that was destroyed by an earthquake. Currently (2013) undergoing restoration, it stands out for the fine bell tower designed by Ferdinando Sanfelice.
Palaces and buildings
- 10 Pedace Palace, Via Portacatena.
- 11 Arechi Castle, Location Croce. Symbol of the city, built in the late Roman or Byzantine age, which became the cornerstone of the triangular defensive system of the city with the Lombard prince Arechi II, from whom it takes its name, who transferred the court of the Principality of Benevento to Salerno. Subsequently enlarged and fortified, the manor was never conquered. It currently houses a museum, accommodation and congress activities and is a hub for nature trails and equipped paths.
- 12 The Carnal, Lungomare Clemente Tafuri, Torrione. Another strong symbol of the city is the Carnale, a cavalry tower built in 1569 on a promontory (from which the fort takes its name) originally connected to the Bellara hill. The Carnale also served as a lookout tower, in relation to the other lookout towers of the Amalfi Coast and Cilento, against Saracen raids.
- 13 Medieval aqueduct. Built by the Lombards in the 9th century, to supply the monastery of San Benedetto and, through an underground passage, the Piantanova convent. It consists of two branches, one coming from the north and one from the east, which join in via Arce and continue south towards the monastery.
Museums
- 14 [link not working]Roberto Papi Museum, Palazzo Galdieri, Via Trotula de Ruggiero, ☎ 39 089 235063, 39 347 929 6504.
- 15 Virtual Museum of the Salerno Medical School, Via dei mercanti 74, Church of San Gregorio, ☎ 39 089 2576 126, @[email protected].
- 16 [link not working]Provincial Art Gallery, @[email protected].
- 17 Diocesan Museum of the Cathedral of Salerno (MuDiSa), Largo Plebiscito 12, ☎ 39 089 239126, @[email protected]. full: 2.00 €, sutdenti: 1.00 € (February 2021). Mon-Tue and Thu-Sun from 9:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 19:00. Former archiepiscopal seminary, it is worthwhile many finds dating back mainly to medieval times. Of particular value are a wooden crucifix, an ivory frontal and an illuminated extultet.
Events and parties
- Salerno Film Festival. Since 1946 the Salerno Film Festival has been held annually in Salerno, the first since the war and characterized by the screening of films in competition at "Passo Ridotto".
- Feast of San Matteo (Patron Saint day). 21 September. On this occasion the silver statue of the saint is carried around the city center in a very popular procession. The statue of the patron saint is preceded by those of the Salerno martyrs Caio, Ante and Fortunato, of San Gregorio VII, and by the very heavy wooden statue of San Giuseppe.
The procession starts from the Duomo and goes along via Dei Mercanti, piazza Portanova, corso Vittorio Emanuele, via Cilento, via Roma where it makes two detours, first towards piazza Cavour on the Lungomare Trieste to bless the sea and then towards Palazzo di Città, finally touching the church of the SS. Annunziata and traveling through the historic center to return to the Cathedral.
What to do
You can walk along the promenade under the palm trees enjoying the view of the sea and the surrounding hills. There Municipal Villa is an oasis of greenery in the city center. You can get lost for the Old Town, among its wonderful streets full of history and murals of poems by Alfonso Gatto and absorb the culture and poetic depth of this city a little forgotten by big tourism.
Shopping
How to have fun
Shows
Currently the main city theater is the Giuseppe Verdi Municipal Theater. Other permanent theaters are the Teatro delle Arti, the Cinema Teatro Augusteo, the Cinema Teatro San Demetrio, the Teatro Genovesi, the Teatro Bis, the Nuovo Teatro Diana, the Teatro del Giullare, the Teatro La Mennola, the Teatro Nuovo, the Teatro Il Ridotto, the San Genesio Theater, the Arbostella Theater and the Ghirelli Theater.
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Botteghelle 65, historical delicatessen, Via delle Botteghelle, 65, 84121, ☎ 39 089 232992, 39 329 9891 410 (mobile), @[email protected]. Mon-Sat 09.00-15.00; 18.45-23.00. Delicatessen with tasting room, where you can taste local products prepared according to the Salerno tradition. The owner is happy to introduce each dish and ingredient by telling them about their origin and taste. The wines, like the products, are of local origin. Watch out for organic and slow-food philosophy. They also organize authorized courses for charcuterie tasters.
- 2 Osteria of flavors, Vicolo S. Maria de Domno, 4, 84121, ☎ 39 328 693 8715. Small family-run restaurant with few tables, open and open kitchen and excellent service. Traditional or Salerno-inspired dishes with quality ingredients.
Where stay
Moderate prices
1 Quattro briganti, B&B, Via Lorenzo Cavaliero 92, 4th floor, post code 84121, ☎ 39 089 2095 332, 39 351 9086 782, @[email protected]. Check-out: 11:00. Recently opened Bed and Breakfast, outside the center but within walking distance. Large well organized apartment with various rooms available. Breakfast is served in collaboration with the corner grocery store, for which a voucher is issued, offering both sweet and savory.
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Around
- Agropoli - Famous seaside resort of Cilento and tourist port; to visit the historic center and the Aragonese castle.
- Battipaglia - From the delicious dairies where you can taste some excellent mozzarella.
- Castellabate - With a pretty medieval village on the Cilento coast.
- Giffoni Valle Piana - Small town in the Salerno area known to most people for Giffoni Film Festival which attracts thousands of people from all over the world every year.
- Paestum - With its Greek temples.
- Palinuro - Famous seaside resort of southern Cilento.
- Torchiara - Small town in the Salerno area, but rich in history.
- Contursi Terme - The town of Contursi Terme, known as "The city of 100 springs", is a renowned tourist-spa center located south of the province of Salerno. Always famous, already in the first century after Christ, Pliny the Elder wrote about the extraordinary properties of the thermal waters of Contursi, which Virgilio, Strabone and Silvio Italico also mention. the waters of Contursi Terme give life to modern thermal complexes where it is possible to relax and carry out thermal treatments.
- Punta Campanella marine protected natural area - Promontory and marine reserve in the Gulf of Salerno.
