Excursions
Salerno by night
When entering the city of Salerno there is a feeling that it is completely modern, in fact most of the urban structure dating from the nineteenth century, but if we go towards the slopes of the hill, beneath the imposing castle Arechi find an old town full of artistic memories that clearly spells out the nature of "seaside town" closed road in the intricate fabric composed of medieval narrow winding streets. The most famous episode in the history of Salerno is surely the Medical School of Salerno, which has existed since the ninth century. Open (unusual for the time) to women and capable of offering more than the medical discipline studying law, philosophy and theology. The city's origins are uncertain but it is known that in 194 BC There was a Roman colony that deduced assuming an important political and trading especially after the decline of Paestum. In 646 came the Lombards 839 made it the capital of a principality and southern bulwark of the Lombard. Arechi II fortified and endowed it with an aqueduct. In 1077 Salerno was taken by Robert the Guiscard who made it the capital of the duchy of Apulia bringing the height of splendor through the construction of the Dome and expansion of medical school. By the decline started in the old Swabian town is taken up only through industrial development and port following the unification of Italy. In 1944 after the Allied landing the Salerno was a few months seat of the Italian government.
