Churches and places of worship Country of Salerno

The most important monument of Salerno from the beginning of the year 1000. In neoclassic style, it contains numerous mosaics, paintings and works of art of great wealth.

The Charterhouse of San Lorenzo, also known as the Certosa di Padula, is the largest Charterhouse in Italy, as well as among the most famous, and is located in Padula, in the Province of Salerno. In 1998 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Romanesque and dedicated to the Apostle Peter, it is located in the oldest area of the town, a short distance from the sea. The first information on the church date back to 988.

Medieval church whose foundation can be attributed to the late tenth century. There are cycles of paintings dating from the X-XI and XII century.

It is the most beautiful Baroque church existing in Salerno. It includes the main altar rich in marble bas-reliefs and sculptures.

The cathedral dates back to early 10th century and its conspicuous stripy façade has been refurnished twice since. The building is hybrid, with the Silican Arabic-Norman style predominating. Its magnificent 13th century bell tower can be seen from the harbour. Its huge bronze doors deserve a look as well. The doors are the first in Italy, commissioned by a local noble; they were made in Syria and shipped to Amalfi.

It is among the most beautiful and impressive of the village, built in the seventeenth century, with a single nave, a frescoed and elegant dome by the painter Marco Benincasa.

The Paradise Cloister was built between 1266 and 1268 by Filippo Augustariccio. The cemetery was composed of balusters, sharp arches and intertwined arches and inside we find a garden with palm trees. Over time, the cloister was rebuilt. Visitors can also admire the Roman and medieval galleries.

e Church was originally part of an eponymous monastery founded between the seventh and ninth centuries. After the suppression of the the monastery in 1807, the church was used as a theater; used for liturgical use in 1857.

Church of origins from the fifteenth century, its interior is simple and , in the former sacristy an art gallery with paintings of the Neapolitan school, from a balcony of the church you can admire a beautiful panorama of the city.

Dating from the tenth century, over the years it has undergone many changes. The interior has a basilica plan with columns and the crypt contains a thirteenth-century fresco.

The Monastery of Sant'Anna was established in 1282 by the bishop of Capaccio, Pietro. Located along the western side of the Park Hill, the Monastery hosted the daughters of the Angevin rulers who wanted them to monk. The Nocerini instead brought their unwanted children to this place destined for the Dominican nuns of cloistered. After several earthquakes the complex was restored and we can still observe the walls that enclosed the gardens and buildings of the ecclesiastical insula.

The Convent of St. Anthony was built around the 13th century after the death of its founder Guido Filangieri, in 1256. The building of remarkable Gothic architecture, has on its outside a large staircase leading to the entrance of the Church portal. To the north is the convent building, while the Church has a nave illuminated by a circular rose window. Within the ecclesiastical structure there are several works by Francesco Solimena and Andrea Sabatini.

The Convent of Sant'Andrea was founded in 1563 by Duke Alfonso Carafa, and rises on the southern slope of the hill of the Park of Nocera Inferiore. The building has a square plan and at the entrance is the marble tomb of the founder. On the monument there is the coat of arms of the Carafa-Castriota Scanderberg family. Inside the convent there are also several paintings and tomb plates.

The Church of St. Peter the Apostle is the main parish of Torraca that was erected in the late 9th century. Radically transformed during the eighteenth century, it was again restored around 1920 as evidenced by its current decorations. In the vault of the central nave the painter painted scenes inspired by the life of St. Peter; under the dome the heavenly triumph appears. This church preserves a valuable seventeenth-century bath, used as a baptismal font.

Next to the parish of St. Peter the Apostle there is the Chapel of Sant'Anna founded by the Magaldi family who on the entrance brings this wording engraved on marble: This little church dedicated to Sant'Anna because of the time had been neglected for a long time and the archpriest Giuseppe Mercadante after taking it down from the foundations, took care to rebuild it in a more beautiful form.

In the S. Rocco area a small chapel is dedicated to Sant'Antonio, celebrated on 13 June. The feast begins thirteen days earlier with the celebration of the thirteen in the pretty chapel and ends with a procession and a solemn mass in the Church of St. Peter the Apostle.

The Sanctuary dedicated to the Madonna dei Cordici, overlooks the entire Gulf of Policastro with a suggestive and spectacular panorama. The sanctuary has very ancient origins. The floor, in Vietri ceramic, is hand painted.

The Benedictine Monastery was modified in 1568, to house the nuns. The present appearance of the monastery dates back to the end of the eighteenth century, when it was restored in the late Baroque style.