Vietri sul Mare has some cultural characteristics very different form the other centres of Costiera Amalfitana because of its gravitation around the Lombard Salerno more than around the byzantine Amalfi.
The biggest architectonic structures so as the single houses witness a mix of genres and tastes that if on the one side re- propose Mediterranean motifs (the built-up area structure of the historical centre reminds of the intertwining of small streets of the villages of the southern Mediterranean bank) on the other side send back to a use of different materials compared to the original ones used in Costiera.
The production of pottery, which found in Vietri sul Mare the starting centre since medieval time (the majolica floors of the most ancient churches of Costiera have all been produced in Vietri faenzere) made it become a permanent element of architectures: departing from big churches to small votive aedicules placed at the street corners.