{"id":12410,"date":"2023-10-30T15:08:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T14:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-italy.eu\/uncategorized\/tramonti-perla-costiera-amalfitana\/"},"modified":"2023-10-30T15:33:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T14:33:47","slug":"tramonti-pearl-coastal-amalfitana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-italy.eu\/en\/in-giro-en\/tramonti-pearl-coastal-amalfitana\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering Tramonti: a pearl of the Amalfi Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the In- giro per i Borghi column, Initaly today introduces you to a beautiful village that makes up one of the wonderful valleys of the Monti Lattari, Tramonti. <\/strong>
\nAs we can well understand from the etymology of its name ‘intra montes ubertas’<\/strong>, Tramonti owes its name to its characteristic territorial configuration, being nestled between mountains.<\/p>\n

An area rich in vegetation, Tramonti is known for its terraces cultivated with lemons, olives and vines, and in the upper part for its leafy chestnut groves.
\nTramonti is also one of the most characteristic localities of the Amalfi Coast<\/strong>, both for its strategic position and for its division into thirteen hamlets: Pucara, Novella, Gete, Ponte, Campinola, Corsano, Cesarano, Pietre, Capitignano, Figlino, Paterno Sant’Arcangelo, Paterno Sant’Elia, and Polvica<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As we can see from its architectural heritage, we understand that Tramonti has also evolved ethnically, due to the many peoples that have inhabited it.
\nThe first people who lived in the village were the Picentines, who, fleeing from the Romans, built the first hamlets and gave birth to Tramonti.<\/p>\n

It was one of the eight Lands that belonged to the Republic: the sailors of this village were called indistinctly by the generic name of ‘Marinai Amalfitani’.<\/strong> Among the eight lands that belonged to the Amalfi Republic, with the fall of the latter to the Normans, the dark period of Amalfi and Tramonti began.
\nTramonti was caught up in the internal affairs of the Duchy of Amalfi and, during the conflict between the Angioni and the Aragonese, decided to side against Amalfi by supporting the Aragonese.
\nFrom here we can well understand the long history of its rather tumultuous architectural heritage.<\/p>\n

Tramonti and its wonderful trails<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Trail of the 13 churches of Tramonti<\/h2>\n

In order to really get to know the village of Tramonti, one must walk the famous 13-church trail.<\/strong>
\nAs the name of the trail already implies, we can explore the thirteen churches in the respective hamlets of Tramonti.
\nBesides visiting Tramonti, it is also useful to organise a trip to the nearby seaside resorts (Maiori, Minori, Atrani or Amalfi)<\/strong> or the beautiful Ravello.<\/p>\n

As previously mentioned, those who will use path 310<\/strong> to visit Tramonti can start from any of its villages.
\nOne of the starting points for this itinerary is Pucara<\/strong>, where it is possible to discover the Conservatorio di San Giuseppe and Teresa,<\/strong> the birthplace of Tramonti’s famous liqueur<\/strong> made from the infusion of 15 herbs.
\nContinuing our route, we find the church of Sant’Erasmo<\/strong>, and continuing along the Vallone Sant’Antonio, we encounter the church of San Bartolomeo Apostolo<\/strong> built in the village of Novella.<\/p>\n

After Novella, we arrive at Gete, where there is a very ancient rupestrian chapel<\/strong>, dating back to the 8th century, and the church of San Michele Arcangelo.<\/strong>
\nThe next village is Ponte, in which stands the church of San Felice<\/strong>, dating back to 1700. Once past the Ponte church<\/strong>, one must take the Maiori-Chiunzi carriageway and cross it to take the cart track below.
\nShortly after, we reach Campinola<\/strong> where we find the Church of San Giovanni Battista.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Continuing along 310, still in the village of Campinola, it is possible to visit the Giardino Segreto dell’Anima<\/strong> (Secret Garden of the Soul), first contacting its owner. This is a botanical-experimental garden where you can see many botanical varieties, including around 300 varieties of roses.<\/p>\n

After passing Casa Laurom,<\/strong> you arrive in Corsano, where the only church built in recent times (1980) stands, the Church of San Salvatore.<\/strong>
\nClimbing the Colle Santa Maria, where the Castle of Santa Maria La Nova<\/strong> was built, we find the town cemetery.
\nWe descend on the opposite side of the hill to reach the village of Capitignano.
\nAfter a few hundred metres, we come to the Church of Santa Maria della Neve<\/strong>, dating back to the end of the 16th century, built ex novo on the ruins of the pre-existing 1231 church.<\/p>\n

From here we can continue on to Pietre, where not far from there we visit the Church of San Felice di Tenna<\/strong>, rebuilt in 1700 on the ruins of the pre-existing 1500 church, which collapsed following the earthquake of 1688.<\/p>\n

We continue along the 310 until we reach the village of Figlino, so called because it was the site of a hospital-brefotrophy that in the 8th-9th centuries housed newborn illegitimate children, known as “figlini”. In Figlino is the Church of San Pietro<\/strong>, built in the late 1500s and early 1600s.
\nImmediately afterwards, we find Paterno Sant’Arcangelo, where the oldest church in Tramonti stands, the Church of the Ascension, built in the 10th century.<\/p>\n

Continuing along path 310, we take the dirt track that leads to the village of Paterno Sant’Elia.
\nIn Paterno Sant’Elia we find the Church of Sant’Elia<\/strong>, built in 1500. Again at Paterno Sant’Elia the 315c CAI joins the 310 CAI, which connects Tramonti to the towns along the coast (Maiori, Minori, Atrani and Amalfi) and to Ravello.
\nThe penultimate stop is Borgo Ferriera<\/strong>, so called because of the presence of an ancient paper mill, which exploited the motive power of the Reginna Major river.<\/strong>
\nWe thus return to Pucara<\/strong>, the starting and final point of our trail.<\/p>\n

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Path of the Ants<\/h2>\n

The Formichelle path<\/strong>, a route connecting Tramonti to Maiori and Minori, takes its name ‘Formichelle’ from the women who walked along it.
\nThe path runs through an area rich in lemon groves and reaches Maiori and Minori. In fact, the ‘Formichelle’ were the women who, with bags weighing around 55 kg, walked the stretch in single file, carrying freshly picked lemons.
\nThis was the work most practised by women on the Amalfi Coast until the 1970s. It was very hard work, in some respects backbreaking, but they did it with surprising naturalness.<\/p>\n

The route starts in Paterno Sant’Elia, near the Church of Sant’Elia<\/strong>, where it intersects with the Route of the 13 Churches (310 CAI).
\nFrom this point, descend along Via Vitagliano (the asphalt road to the right of the Church of Sant’Elia), until you reach the place known as Casa Vitagliano (218 m). Here, you leave the asphalt road to follow a municipal path to the right. After about 200 metres, you arrive at the intersection with Path 315E for Ravello. At this junction (m 210), continue left. The path, after a series of steps, becomes a dirt track that continues in this manner for the entire route.<\/p>\n

Having arrived at the Vallone Trapulico<\/strong> (m 160), which can be identified by the presence of an ancient water conduit dug into the rock to the right of the path, one must continue along the steep slope to the right and then along the subsequent footpath that leads to the locality of San Gineto (m 295). This is where the Formichelle path ends at the intersection with path 315A. From here, it takes only about 20 minutes to reach the Percorso dei Limoni, which connects Minori to Maiori.<\/p>\n

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What can we visit in Tramonti?<\/h3>\n

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