SANTA MARIA DI CASTELLABATE

General information: 
Province: Salerno

Castellabate chief town is situated on a hill from where the ample coastline is dominated among point Licosa and the promontory of Tresino, with the hamlets of S.Marco, Santa  Maria and Lago. It is one of the coastlines tourist place that

, during the last years, has interpreted very well the high demand of cultural tourism coming from the international market. In fact the tourist image of this place results very improved in comparison to the past.

Historical outlines
The first news about this territory goes up around the 977, when the bishop of Paestum, called Pando, sold some land possessiones to some sailors of Atrani. During the war of the "Vespro" the suburb was conquered by the almugaveris (1286), to be regained then by the angioinis in 1299. In 1349 Queen Giovanna returned Castellabate to the abbey and subsequently Pope Gregorio sold it to king Ladislao. In the 1436 king Alfonso granted this territory to Giovanni Sanseverino, count of Marsico and baron of the Cilento. This family held Castellabate up to the rebellion of Ferrante (1552) from where it reached to counts and princes up to the destruction of the feudality (1806).

To visit
Church of S. Maria, Church of the Compassion, Church of S. Biagio, The Castle, Matarazzo Building, Perrotti tower, Belmonte Castle.

DISTANCES FROM SANTA MARIA DI CASTELLABATE
- Rome kms 329;
- Naples kms 118;
- Salerno kms 63;
- Pompeii kms 92;
- Amalfi kms 88;
- Ravello kms 92;
- Positano kms 108;
- Sorrento kms 119;
- Vesuvio kms 109;
- Acciaroli kms 19;
- Paestum kms 22;
- Palinuro kms 76;
- Padula kms 117;
- Pertosa caves kms 85;
- Castelcivita caves kms 54;
- Capri (1 hour and 50 min. from Salerno port)