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Amalfi Coast

40 38'N 14 36'E / 40,633, 14.6

Reproduction of a poster from the early Model: S-XX published by an organization representing Italian tourist Bay Amalfi
The Amalfi Coast in 1910-1920.
Photo height of Amalfi and its waterfront
View of Amalfi today.

Amalfi Coast (Italian: ) is a section of coastline peninsula of Sorrento , in the province of Salerno in Italy. It extends from Positano in the west to Vietri sul Mare in the east, about 25 km coastline of the Gulf of Salerno.

The Amalfi Coast is known worldwide for its rugged terrain, the beauty and diversity of its landscapes, picturesque villages. It derives its name from the town of Amalfi , geographical and historical heart of the Coast.

The Amalfi Coast is listed as a World Heritage of Humanity since 1997.

The main cities of this rocky coast are spectacular, coming from Sorrento: Positano , Amalfi and Ravello.

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World Heritage in Italy
Cultural

Rock Art of Valcamonica (1979) Historic Centre of Rome , the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and St. Paul Outside the Walls (1980) (the Vatican) The Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (1980) Historic Centre of Florence (1982) Piazza del Duomo in Pisa (1987) Venice and its Lagoon (1987) Historic Centre of San Gimignano (1990) The Sassi and the Park of the Rock Churches of Matera (1993) City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto (1994) Historic Centre of Naples (1995) Historic Centre of Siena ( 1995) Crespi d'Adda (1995) Ferrara , City of the Renaissance and its Po Delta (1995) Castel del Monte (1996) Historic Centre of the City of Pienza (1996) The Trulli of Alberobello (1996) Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna (1996) Cathedral , Torre Civica and Piazza Grande , Modena (1997) anthems Amalfi (1997) Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico) , Padua (1997) Residences of the Savoy (1997) Su Nuraxi of Barumini (1997) royal palace of the eighteenth century at Caserta with the Park , the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and the San Leucio (1997) Portovenere , Cinque Terre and the Islands ( Palmaria , Tino and Tinetto ) (1997) Villa Romana del Casale (1997) Archaeological Area of Agrigento (1997) Archaeological Areas of Pompei , Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata (1997) Historic Centre of Urbino (1998) National Park of Cilento and Vallo Diano , with the archaeological sites of Paestum and Velia and the Certosa di Padula (1998) Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia (1998) Villa Adriana (Tivoli) (1999) Assisi , the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites (2000) City of Verona (2000) Villa d'Este , Tivoli (2001) Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South eastern Sicily) (2002) Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (2003) Cemeteries Etruscan Cerveteri and Tarquinia (2004) Val d'Orcia (2004) Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (2005) Genoa, and the system palaces (2006 ) Rhaetian Railway in the Landscape of the Albula / Bernina (2008) (with Switzerland) Mantua and Sabbioneta (2008)

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Natural

Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (2000) Monte San Giorgio (2003)) (with Switzerland) The Dolomites (2009)

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