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Castle · Cava de' Tirreni (SA)

Monte Castello in Cava de' Tirreni

  • Visit: about 1 h 15 min
  • 210 m

The hill of Cava's Lombard castle, from which the town is blessed every year.

Monte Castello is a hill of about 460 metres that dominates Cava de' Tirreni and its hamlets. The castle, built by the Lombards to control the road to Salerno, is already mentioned in 1035.It was destroyed by bombing in the Second World War. Every year, in the octave of Corpus Domini, the town is blessed from here, with a fireworks display.

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