Maiori
Amalfi coast town with the longest unbroken beach.
Maiori, once called Rheginna Maior in Latin, is a town and comune along the Amalfi coast in Salerno province, Campania, Italy. A popular tourist spot since Roman times, it boasts the Amalfi coastline’s longest continuous beach.
Quick Facts
- Official name
- Comune di Maiori
- Mayor
- Antonio Capone
- Area (km²)
- 16.67
- Population
- 5604
- Demonym
- Maioresi
- Elevation (m)
- 5
- Saint
- Santa Maria a Mare
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Did You Know?
- Roberto Rossellini filmed Paisà (1946) in Maiori.
- A film festival is held every November awarding the Premio Internazionale Roberto Rossellini.
- Rossellini also shot Il viaggio in Italia (Journey to Italy, 1953) in Maiori.
History
The town's origins are unclear, though it was likely founded by the Etruscans. Conquered by the Romans in the 3rd century BC, it was called Rheginna Maior to contrast with neighbouring Rheginna Minor (Minori). Between 830 and 840, the coastal towns united into the Duchy of Amalfi, where Maiori housed the admiralty, customs, salt market and arsenals. Around 1000 it became part of the Principality of Salerno, then the Kingdom of Naples.
Main sights
The Church of San Francesco was finished in 1590 and is now in late Rococo style. Santa Maria de Olearia is an 11th-century Benedictine Abbey founded in 973. Other sights include Falerzio Mount, the Avvocata Church, the Castle of San Nicola, and the Norman Tower.
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