Archaeology and nature: hyblean cultural landscape and territorial ...

Fig. 11: Amalfi, Atrani, Scala, Ravello, plan.
Fig. 12: Tramonti, area Pucara-Polvica, plan.
caves. Gathered around the cathedral, is famous for the presence of emergencies religious art - churches
and convents - and palaces of the Middle Ages, the most important of the Coast - as the known Villa Rufolo -
that stand out with their wheels in town. Still retains its original shape from elongated oval, with only
pedestrian streets, ending on the sheer cliff on which stands Villa Cimbrone. The context is qualified by the
widespread presence of ancient structures in which are preserved, even more than in Scala, inlays,
elements of plunder, Arab baths, etc.. Long flights of steps, perpendicular to the contour lines branch off to
the north or down to the sea, embracing the different fractions on their edges.
The natural continuation of Maiori, in the basin Reginna, consists of Tramonti, the country from the
analogous ancient origin but characterized by a consistent picture late Renaissance. The municipality covers
a vast territory, with alternating steep share with others of moderate steepness, with a complex and unusual
combination, being composed of thirteen villages more or less similar, arranged in extremely varied, almost
in opposition to those seamen, neighboring Maiori, others that go to 800 meters of altitude crossing Chiunzi.
Smaller agglomerates, usually modest in size, ranging from south to north on both sides of the valley through
which flows the river and its tributaries, forming small villages organized around a church, using roughly flat
areas and connected by a dense network of streets, largely increased in the late nineteenth century, today,
made almost entirely vehicular, evening the modest inclination [9].
The position on the heights overlooking the gorge creates amazing effects in some places, green for nature -
the forests, which take over as you go up - the waterfalls that are followed and the remains of old factories,
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