Costiera Amalfitana

Campania · Italy

Costiera Amalfitana, Italy
Photo: Charlie Dave, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Lemon terraces climb near-vertical slopes, pastel villages wedge into ravines, and the Tyrrhenian glitters far below the corniche road — the Costiera Amalfitana compresses drama into every kilometre. Occupied intensively since the early medieval period, the coast pairs scenic power with the maritime heritage of Amalfi and the cliff-top gardens of Ravello. UNESCO recognised it as a World Heritage cultural landscape in 1997, honouring how its people adapted farming to impossibly steep terrain.

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