10 Sights in Salerno, Italy (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Salerno, Italy! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Salerno. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Sightseeing Tours in SalernoActivities in Salerno

1. San Pietro a Corte

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San Pietro a Corte

The archaeological complex of San Pietro a Corte is an area in the historic center of Salerno where the archaeological evidence of the various historical changes starting from the first century AD is documented and visible. The entrance is on the Larghetto San Pietro a Corte.

Wikipedia: Complesso archeologico di San Pietro a Corte (IT)

2. Complesso Monumentale di Santa Sofia

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The monumental complex of Santa Sofia, located in Salerno in Piazza Abate Conforti, was built at the end of the tenth century as the first monastery of the Benedictine Order dedicated to Santa Sofia, from which it takes its name. It includes the former church of Santa Sofia, also known as the church of Our Lady of Sorrows.

Wikipedia: Complesso monumentale di Santa Sofia (Salerno) (IT)

3. Area archeologica etrusco-sannitica di Fratte

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The Etruscan-Samnite archaeological area of Fratte is located on the north-eastern outskirts of the city of Salerno along the Irno river, not far from the site where the Roman Salernum was built, on the road that led from the Irno Valley to the city of Picentia, today's Pontecagnano, in a strategic position for the control of traffic, in today's hamlet of Fratte, a short distance from the Salerno hamlets of Cappelle and Matierno.

Wikipedia: Area archeologica etrusco-sannitica di Fratte (IT)

4. Museo virtuale della scuola medica salernitana

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Museo virtuale della scuola medica salernitana Pierluigi Canoro. Original uploader was Roquejaw at it.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Virtual Museum of the Salerno Medical School is located in Via dei Mercanti 74, the ancient commercial artery of the historic center of Salerno, not far from the Duomo. Inaugurated in 2009, it replaces the old Didactic Museum of the Salerno Medical School with a complete restoration not only of the structure, but of the entire museum organization.

Wikipedia: Museo virtuale della scuola medica salernitana (IT), Website

5. Forte La Carnale

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The Forte La Carnale in Salerno is a cavalry tower built on the coast, near the mouth of the Irno river. This stronghold was part of a defense system that was built starting in 1563 in order to defend the city from fierce Saracen raids.

Wikipedia: Forte La Carnale (IT)

6. Chiesa Sacra Famiglia

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The Holy Family Church is located in the Fratte district of Salerno. It represents a work of extraordinary architectural interest: it is, in fact, the first place of worship built entirely of reinforced concrete in the aftermath of the liturgical reform following the Second Vatican Council.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Sacra Famiglia (Salerno) (IT)

7. Acquedotto medievale di Salerno

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The medieval aqueduct of Salerno was erected in the ninth century to supply water to the monastery of San Benedetto, near the eastern walls. It is located in the historic center of Salerno, under the Bonadies hill and its castle of Arechi.

Wikipedia: Acquedotto medievale di Salerno (IT)

8. Museo Roberto Papi

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Museo Roberto Papi Pierluigi Canoro / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Roberto Papi Museum is located in the historic Palazzo Galdieri in Salerno. Established in September 2009, it brings together an important collection of medical-surgical instruments collected by Mario Papi. The museum is dedicated to Roberto Papi, who died prematurely and to whom the museum is named.

Wikipedia: Museo Roberto Papi (IT), Website

9. Giardino della Minerva

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Minerva's Garden is located in the heart of the old town of Salerno, in a zone known as the "Plaium montis" in the Middle Ages. It is halfway along an ideal route that runs along the axis of the walled and terraced vegetable gardens, climbing from the Municipal Park, near the river Fusandola, towards the Arechi Castle.

Wikipedia: Minerva's Garden (Salerno) (EN), Website

10. Museo Diocesano San Matteo

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The San Matteo Diocesan Museum in Salerno is located in the building of the archbishop's seminary, which was previously the last seat of the Salerno medical school and is an important point of reference for the knowledge of the history and culture of Campania from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century.

Wikipedia: Museo diocesano del Duomo di Salerno (IT)

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