UNESCO AmalfiCoast Furore has a very rich and linked to the sea heritage of legends: here janare live, these women that thanks to magic formulas are able to fly on the sea using, as a fly mean, fishermen boats. In Furore the take-off strip for these overseas flights was the...
Conca dei Marini – Myths and legends
UNESCO AmalfiCoast The most spread legends in Conca dei Marini are those linked to sea world which is populated by women who have magic powers, the janare, or by fishermen who are able to stop small windstorms that there can be particularly at the end of summer because of the...
Cetara – Myths and Legends
UNESCO AmalfiCoast There are numerouslegends which survive in Cetara and they are near all linked to sea world. Sea has a leading role both when with waves that break on the rocks suggests not to disturb natural and supernatural beings which live in it (there are numerous legends which have...
Atrani – Myths and legends
UNESCO AmalfiCoast Atrani, according to local traditions, is the native home of the famous Masaniello. Revolutionary head of the population, born by a person from Atrani (Antonia Gargano), he destroyed Naples in occasion of the rebellion against taxation imposed by Spanish government. Today it is shown to visitors the house...
Amalfi – Myths and legends
UNESCO AmalfiCoast Amalfi is the protagonist of many story accounts which swing between history and myth. For sure the most famous one is the one concerning submerged Amalfi that says that in November 1343 half of the centre of medieval era was destroyed by a seaquake. As consequences of that...