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RAVELLO
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 The hidden treasure
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Ravello is a town situated above the Amalfi
Coast in the province of Salerno, southern
Italy, with approximately 2,500 inhabitants.
Ravello is the hidden treasure of the Amalfi Coast
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The scenic location of Ravello makes it a popular
tourist desti-nation, and earned it a listing as
a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997
Bus stop
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Ravello inspired many famous composers including
Richard Wagner, Edvard Grieg, Bernstein
Toscanini, artists such as Escher, Mirò
writers such as Ruskin, Boccaccio, D H Lawrence. 
Belvedere (View Spot)
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Belvedere (View Spot)
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Cats Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) and ivy
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Cats Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
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Belvedere (View Spot) Via della Repubblica
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The curved body of the Auditorium in Ravello (via
della Repubblica) was designed by Brazilian
architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012)
Graal Hotel Via della Repubblica
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"It's not the perfect angle that attracts me, and
not even the straight, hard, inflexible man-made
one. What really attracts me is the free and
sensual curve. The curve that represents the
meeting of the mountains of my homeland, the
figure of a beautiful woman, the clouds of the
sky and the waves of the sea. The same curves
which create the Universe. The curved Universe of
Einstein.  (Oscar Niemeyer)
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Hotel Da Salvatore Restaurant Entrance
The use of straw mats to protect the lemon trees
from the elements The presence of lemons on the
Amalfi Coast is documented in several places from
the eleventh century onwards. However, it was in
the nineteenth century that the lemon took on
great economic and social value/or the whole
area, thanks to the creation of terraced lemon
groves in the surrounding hills.
Belvedere Via della Repubblica
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Hotel Palumbo
Duomo
Villa Rufolo
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Piazza Duomo
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Piazza Duomo
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Piazza Duomo
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Piazza Duomo
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Laurel
Berberis thunbergii Carmen
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Piazza Duomo
Hotel Giordano
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Villa Rufolo is a building within the historic
center of Ravello which overlooks the front of
the cathedral square. The initial layout dates
from the thirteenth century, with extensive
remodeling in the nineteenth century. Their
beautiful gardens are a delight with the colorful
flowers, luscious plants, multiple statues and
the marvelous view of the sea. Can be visited
for a fee
Entrance Villa Rufolo 
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Of particular interest among the rooms of the
villa is a large courtyard elevated like
a cloister and some rooms forming a small museum
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Villa Rufolo chiostro
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Villa Rufolo gardens
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Villa Rufolo gardens
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Richard Wagner visited the villa in 1880. He was
so overcome by the beauty of the location that he
imagined the setting as the garden of Klingsor in
the second act of Parsifal. In commemoration,
every year the lower garden of Villa Rufolo hosts
a Wagnerian concert.
Villa Rufolo gardens
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Santuario di San Cosimo e Damiano seen from Villa
Rufolo
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The town of Ravello is regarded as one of the
jewels of the Amalfi coast, even though it is
slightly inland. Each summer it holds a renown
music festival. Most of its events are held
alfresco, in the grounds of the famous Villa
Ruffalo. In order to avoid disruption by
inclement weather, and to attract conference
business to the town, it was decided to build the
covered auditorium. In 2000, Oscar Niemeyer was
selected as the architect.
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Villa Cimbrone  consists of a historic building
built on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Amalfi
Coast, surrounded by a six hectares large parks
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Villa Cimbrone as we know it today was built in
the early years of the Twentieth century, thanks
to the English gentleman Lord Grimthorpe
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Infinity Terrace - Villa Cimbrone
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Infinity Terrace - Villa Cimbrone Inside the
building of Villa Cimbrone is a luxury hotel,
while the gardens are luckily open to the public
throughout the whole year
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Via Richard Wagner
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Via Richard Wagner
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Palazzo Avino - Via S. Giovanni del Toro
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Palazzo Avino - Via S. Giovanni del Toro
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Via S. Giovanni del Toro
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Via S. Giovanni del Toro
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Via S. Giovanni del Toro
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Belvedere Giardini Principessa di Piemonte
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Belvedere Giardini Principessa di Piemonte It
is said Ravello is situated halfway between the
sky and the sea and it is certainly one of the
most beautiful places in the world. 
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Humphrey Bogart and Gina Lollobrigida in Beat the
Devil
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Giardini Principessa di Piemonte
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Impatiens walleriana
Pittosporum tree
Cats Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
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Giardini Principessa di Piemonte
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Sea view from giardini Principessa
Sea view from Hotel Palumbo
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Housed in a medieval palace dating back to the
12th century, Hotel Palumbo where Richard Wagner
wrote in the guest book. Ancient marble columns,
mosaic-tile floors, and museum-quality antiques
Hotel Palumbo Via ToroPainting by Chris Apel
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Hotel Palumbo floor
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Richard Wagner wrote in the guest book
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It is said that Richard Wagner composed on this
piano
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San Giovanni Battista by Guido Reni, student of
Caravaggio
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Hotel Palumbo - lobby
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San Giovanni del Toro church
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This mosaic depicts the fish swallowing Jonah
San Giovanni del Toro church Consecrated in the
11th century, the church was restored in 1715
after damage caused by an earthquake, and it was
restored again in the 1990
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San Giovanni del Toro church
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San Giovanni del Toro church The pulpit is
notable for its mosaics, the decorative patterns
of which inspired the interlocking patterns used
by M.C. Escher, who spent time in Ravello in the
1920s and studied the church and the pulpit
Ravello was one of his favorite places
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Piazza Fontana the Moorish fountain, (with its
statues of the lion and the ox)
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Gabriela Cristescu
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