Tramonti

Tramonti is the name of several areas in Italy:

Tramonti, Campania

Tramonti is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is located in the territory of the Amalfi Coast.

Geography

Tramonti, directly translated as "in the mountains" is located along Via Chuinzi which leads to Maiori and the Amalfi Coast. The town is bordered by Cava de' Tirreni, Corbara, Lettere (NA), Maiori, Nocera Inferiore, Nocera Superiore, Pagani, Ravello and Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino.

History

Tramonti was an important town of the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, an important trading power in the Mediterranean between 839 A.D. and around 1200 A.D.

Landmarks

In the village of Gete. Church dating from the late thirteenth century inserted in a slight hollow of the rock. Noteworthy are the tombs cut into the rocky side.

On the site called the "Pumice". there is the church with the adjacent bell tower. A single nave covered by a barrel vault, the Church has side chapels and the bell tower has a square base and four storeys, the first of which dug into the rock and the last ending in octagonal pyramid.