Ravello Attractions
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From the east side of Atrani a winding road with two sharp bends ascends through orange- groves to Ravello (350m/1,155ft), an old town in a superb situation above the Amalfi coast. The town founded during the Norman period, had its heyday under the Anjou dynasty in the 13th century when it had a population of 36,000; it possessed many churches, monastic houses and palaces.
In the center of the town is the Romanesque cathedral of San Pantaleone (begun in 1086, remodeled in Baroque style) with fine bronze doors (covered externally with wooden doors) by Barisanus of Trani (1179). Inside there is a marble pulpit with a mosaic ground by Niccolo di Bartolomeo (1272). In the choir stands the bishop's throne, to the left the Capella di San Pantaleone in which some of the saint's blood is preserved.
In the center of the town is the Romanesque cathedral of San Pantaleone (begun in 1086, remodeled in Baroque style) with fine bronze doors (covered externally with wooden doors) by Barisanus of Trani (1179). Inside there is a marble pulpit with a mosaic ground by Niccolo di Bartolomeo (1272). In the choir stands the bishop's throne, to the left the Capella di San Pantaleone in which some of the saint's blood is preserved.
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Ravello, Amalfi
