Scala – Pontone – Amalfi

The route crosses highly significant areas from an architectural and naturalistic point of view. Starting from Scala, in fact, it is possible to admire architecture masterpieces built in the period of great prosperity of the Duchy of Amalfi, from the crypt of the Scala Cathedral, where the Gothic lines of the tomb of the wife of Antonio Coppola, Marinella Rufolo mixes with the Nordic influences of the deposition on the main altar. Going further, in Minuta, you can admire the frescoes of the church dedicated to the Annunciation and going down along the terraces you reach the village of Pontone where the medieval richness lives on in the inlays that decorate the apses of the Church of S. Eustachio and frame the profiles of private houses or in the turreted structure of numerous houses, which reveal the defensive origin of the urban nucleus. To conclude the route in Amalfi, you can cross the Valle delle Ferriere with the ruins of the old factories that used to produce the famous handmade paper or shorten your route by a staircase that leads to the upper part of the Valle dei Mulini, in the urban center.
Once arrived to Scala, in Minuta locality, by public means of transport (not all public buses arrive as far as Minuta), it is necessary to walk the road which brings to the hamlet of Pontone, crossing the terraced gardens and walking along important monumental evidences (Annunziata Church in Minuta, S. Eustachio Church and the one of S. Filippo Neri in Pontone). Once in the small square of Pontone, another hamlet of Scala, it is necessary to take another road with steps which brings as far as Amalfi, in the high area of the municipality, from where it is possible to walk through the roads of the urban centre.

Chiostro di San Francesco – Hotel Luna – Chiesa di Sant’Antonio
MUNICIPALITY: Amalfi NAME: Church and Convent of St. Francis (Hotel Luna) LOCATION: Via S. Antonio. DESCRIPTION: Of the old convent

Chiostro di San Pietro alla Canonica – Grand Hotel Convento
MUNICIPALITY: Amalfi NAME: Cloister of S. Pietro alla Canonica LOCATION: Loc. Vagliendola DESCRIPTION: The Cappuccini hotel occupied until recently the

Chiostro del Paradiso
MUNICIPALITY: Amalfi NAME: Cloister of Paradise LOCATION: Piazza Duomo DESCRIPTION: The Cloister was built in the mid-13th century by Bishop

Basilica of the Crucifix
MUNICIPALITY: Amalfi DENOMINATION: Basilica of the Crucifix. LOCATION: Piazza Duomo DESCRIPTION: : This church, the oldest Cathedral in Amalfi, according

Chiesa San Giovanni Battista
MUNICIPALITY: Scala NAME: Church of St. John the Baptist LOCATION: Loc. Pontone DESCRIPTION: The church, originally with three naves, currently

Chiesa di San Filippo Neri
MUNICIPALITY: Scala NAME: Church of St. Filippo Neri LOCATION: Loc. Pontone DESCRIPTION: The structure, preceded by a cross-vaulted atrium, has