- Ravello
Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Ravello-Stemma.gif
official_name = Comune di Ravello
region =Campania
province = Salerno (SA)
elevation_m =
area_total_km2 = 7
population_as_of =
population_total = 2506
population_density_km2 = 358
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|40|39|N|14|37|E
frazioni = Sambuco, Torello, Castiglione, Marmorata, San Cosma, San Pietro alla Costa, Monte, Casa Bianca
telephone = 089
postalcode = 84010
gentilic = Ravellesi
saint =St. Pantaleon
day =July 27
mayor =
website = [http://www.comune.ravello.sa.it www.comune.ravello.sa.it]Ravello is a town and commune situated above the
Amalfi Coast in the province ofSalerno ,Campania ,Italy and has approximately 2,500 inhabitants. It is a popular tourist destination.History
Ravello was an important town of the Maritime Republic of
Amalfi , an important trading power in the Mediterranean between 839 and around 1200.Ravello was a diocesan town from 1086 to 1603; after that the
bishop 's see was moved to Scala.Main sights
*The "Duomo".
* "Villa Rufolo" (1270), built by Nicola Rufolo, one of the richest men of Ravello, on a ledge and it has become a famous attraction for thousands of visitors. The villa was mentioned byGiovanni Boccaccio in his "Decameron " and it is the place whereRichard Wagner in 1880 was inspired for the stage design of his operaParsifal .
*"Villa Cimbrone ", famous for its "Terrace of the Infinite."
*The church of "San Giovanni del Toro" (Saint John of the Bull) dating to before the year 1000.Culture
The town has served historically as a destination for artists, musicians, and writers, including Richard Wagner,
M. C. Escher ,Giovanni Boccaccio ,Virginia Woolf ,Gore Vidal , andSara Teasdale who mentioned it in her prefatory dedication in Love Songs, one of her many books of poems.Every year in the summer months, the "
Ravello Festival " takes place. It began in 1953 in honour ofRichard Wagner .There is an ancient legend, still recounted by tour guides in Salerno and Amalfi, that it was to Ravello, with its breathtaking view of the Mediterranean and the dramatic Amalfi coastline, that Satan transported Jesus during His second temptation to show the beauty of the world's kingdoms. (Luke 4: 5-8)
References
External links
* [http://www.comune.ravello.sa.it/main.htm Official website]
* [http://www.ravellotime.it/home_en.asp Ravello Tourism Society] with a good page on the town's history
* [http://www.chiesaravello.com Ravello e le sue chiese]
* [http://www.positanonews.it/menu/default.asp?id_cat=187&pag=Ravello+News News about Ravello] - in Italian and English. News in English are normally posted under "News Amalfi Coast"
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