Ascea - Walls, towers and gates Torre Telegrafo The Telegraph Tower dates back to the 16th century. It rises at the top of a hill, along the coast of Ascea. It was built in 1500 with the style of the Middle Ages. It served to protect and monitor the coast of the Ascea Sea from the raids of the Saracen pirates. The building has special architectural and decorative elements of the time.
Palinuro - Walls, towers and gates Torre Saracena di Caprioli The Caprioli Tower (or Torre dei Caprioli) is one of the coastal towers of the Kingdom of Naples, built in the '500 as a protection against Saracen raids. It is located in Caprioli, of which it marks the limit with Palinuro.
Castellabate - Walls, towers and gates Torre della Pagliarola Norman-Aragonese tower of the 'Pagliarola' (better known on site as' Perrotti '), which combined with 'Palazzo Perrotti' dominates the Marina Piccola di Santa Maria. The origin was traced back to the Middle Ages, but it was further enhanced in the years 1570-71.
Agropoli - Walls, towers and gates Torre San Francesco The Tower of San Francesco had the function of sighting. It was built near the Franciscan Convent built here in 1230, as this was a strategic position that allowed to communicate in the north with the Castle and with Torre San Marco and to the south with the Tower of Trentova and with that of the tip Tresino.
Ascea - Walls, towers and gates Torre Castello Bruca The castle tower of Bruca stands in the municipality of Ascea, in the province of Salerno. Today he was named Archaeological Park of Velia. It was a Greco-Roman settlement with a territory of about 90 hectares. The city dates back to 4th century BC and had a great development in the Hellenistic age. In the Middle Ages, a castle was built that was composed of a large tower, so-called Torre Castello di Bruca. The building has special decorative architectural elements from the Hellenistic-Roman era.
Castelcivita - Walls, towers and gates Torre Angioina The Angevin Tower was built around the 13th century by Pandolfo di Fasanella. Primarily, the structure served as a defence. The Tower is located in the highest part of the Municipality, from which it was possible to oversee the whole city.
Capaccio - Walls, towers and gates Torre di Paestum The tower was built in the 16th century, and is one of the three towers in the Paestum area. It is a symbol of the end of the night attacks of looting groups, in the place. The citizens, now accustomed to such attacks, left access free and united their homes, building farmhouses. In the second half of the XVI, the Spanish took possession of the whole of the South of Italy. They then reinforced the whole place, building a system of towers. The tower is now visible only externally.
Ascea - Walls, towers and gates Porta Rosa It is an ancient viaduct that connected the two tops of the acropolis of Elea, an ancient city of Magna Grecia and now an important archaeological excavation in the province of Salerno. It is a construction dating back to the 4th century BC.