Do not disdain the sea but prefer to limit yourself to breathing in the breeze and admiring its contours? Do you love good music? Well, Ravello is the place for you. In addition there is the added value of the evocative scenery of the Amalfi Coast.

ravello landscape with tree

Among the towns on the coast of Amalfi, Ravello is one of the few that does not have a direct outlet to the sea. Yet the sea is there. You can breathe it from every angle. The village offers in fact, a breathtaking view over the entire coastal strip. Awarded the title of city ​​of music and included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site (like the entire coast), Ravello hosts the homonymous international music festival and is home to the renowned Oscar Niemeyer Auditorium. In short, if you love art and nature, you can only love Ravello.

Ravello auditorium

Ravello 2020 Festival

Among natural wonders and illustrious architectural structures, Ravello does not miss anything. But in reality its worldwide fame is primarily due to Ravello Festival. The international music festival has reached its XNUMXth edition this year. Countless are the artists and performers who took turns on the tables of the Oscar Niemeyer Auditorium. The cultural and musical vivacity of the village has in fact recalled the illustrious names of the world-wide musical scenario. Just in recent days, for example, the audience of the Auditorium paid a well-deserved standing ovation to maestro Riccardo Muti.

Ravello - Riccardo Muti

A riot that was not less even in Piazza Duomo, where the public enjoyed the show broadcast in streaming. Muti masterfully conducted the Luigi Cherubini Orchestra for seventy minutes accompanied by the voice of Rosa Feola. From Cimarosa to Bellini, passing through Mercadante. The maestro enchanted the spectators by giving the Ravello festival an unforgettable evening. The Overture from The Secret Marriage by Domenico Cimarosa opened the evening. Afterwards, Rosa Feola interpreted the aria of Donna Anna Cruel! ... do not tell me, my beautiful idol taken from Don Giovanni. Finally, the evening ended with the Spanish symphony taken from The two Figaro by Saverio Mercadante.

The historical center

City of music and culture, Ravello is also a city full of history. Its historic center is among the most precious of the entire coast. The same maestro Muti, in these days, has had the opportunity to visit some glimpses together with his wife Cristina. It seems that both were delighted. In the footsteps of the master, Villa Rufolo and its garden is definitely a destination not to be missed. The villa was built in the XNUMXth century. In the Middle Ages, mention is made of the building on the first day of Boccaccio's Decameron. Later, in the nineteenth century, the Scottish nobleman Francis Nevile Reid, expert in botany, took care of the gardens and the villa.

Ravello View of the village

This assignment earned Reid the title of Honorary Superintendent by the Prefect of Naples. The garden of the villa is known as the garden of the soul. It is structured on two levels and can be reached by following a tree-lined avenue that recalls the Victorian style. During the Second World War the British armed forces confiscated the gardens. Subsequently, in 1951 a storm destroyed most of it and three years later, to build the provincial road, the upper part of the garden was eliminated.

The architecture of Ravello

In Ravello, beauty is therefore at home. As is well known, especially in the Bel Paese, art goes hand in hand with religion. Therefore it is no coincidence that the most evocative sites of the village are linked to places of worship. Ravello is a town with one hundred altars, of which forty are consecrated. Relevant is the Cathedral, built in the XNUMXth century. The building houses theampoule of the blood of St. Pantaleone and also includes the Opera Museum.

Among the preserved works we remember the bust of Sigilgaita Rufolo by Nicola di Bartolomeo da Foggia. Other churches to visit are Santa Maria delle Grazie, Santa Maria a Gradillo, San Giovanni del Toro, San Francesco, Santa Chiara, Sant'Agostino, San Martino, San Trifone and Santa Maria del Lacco. Equally important are the Sanctuary of Saints Cosma and Damiano and the Chapel of Santa Maria della Rotonda. And, finally, you cannot go to Ravello without admiring the Belvedere of Villa Cimbrone.

Ravello, the city of music that hosted Maestro Muti last edit: 2020-09-07T09:00:00+02:00 da Daniella Lucia

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