ENGLISH * VIETRI
SUL MARE
RINGED
AROUND WITH DENSE VEGETATION, HERE IS VIETRI SUL MARE, THE TOWN CELEBRATED
FOR ITS MAJOLICA POTTERY, THE FINEST IN SOUTHERN ITALY. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
EXAMPLES OF THIS ART ARE KEPT IN THE TOWN'S CERAMICS MUSEUM. ALMOST ALL THE
LOCAL HOSES ARE DECORATED WITH MAJOLICA TILES, AND, NATURALLY ENOUGH, SO IS
THE DOME OF THE CHURCH OF S. GIOVANNI BATTISTA. THE CHURCH WAS BUILT IN THE
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, BUT INSIDE THERE IS AN IMPRESSIVE SIXTEENTH CENTURY POLYPTYCH.
THERE IS THE TORRE CRESTARELLA BY THE SEA, BUILT TO DEFEND THE TOWN AGAINST
SARACEN RAIDS.
BEHIND THE TOWN, THE SIGHT OF THE CLIFFS ABOVE THE SEA IS MENACING, BUT THEY
BECOME GENTLER TOWARDS THE BAY OF SALERNO.
THE SEA HAS MADE DEEP EROSIONS HERE AND CREATED THE "GROTTE DI SAN CESAREO".
IN ONE OF THEM CAN BE FOUND THE RUINS OF THE SMALL CHURCH BUILT WHERE THE
SAINT LIVED AS A HERMIT.
TELERADIOSTELLA
DEL GOLFO
