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Cetara
has beauties both natural and monumental. Pretty and relaxing walks
from Contrada Casale that climbs the ridge of monte Falerzio, towards
the Contrada Grotto , or the fresh spring
"Riggiulella"; interesting the Moorish ruins under the Church
of Santa Maria del Popolo, called
"of Constantinople" in the contrada Valle; the Parish Church
of S. Pietro.
Romanesque except for the octagonal bell-tower, but entirely rebuilt
in the XVIII century, inside: the tomb of the heroic Cetarese
Grandonetto Aulisio( who in 1485 , with a head long flight escaped the Conspirancy of
the Barons ) and the beautiful Statue of San Pietro; the
festa on
the 29th of June with a fantastic choreography of lights, the
prettiest to be seen and a very interesting naval procession;
also in
an alley- way marked only by a ceramic plaque the birth place of the
Beata Suor Orsola Benincasa, founder of the order of the Suore Teatine
dell'Immacolata Concezione; we find the divine , in a fresco in the church
of S.Francesco ( 1585) in the act of sending a tidal wave against
the Saracen fleet who are attacking Cetara . Inside the Temple (in the
cupola ) frescoes of other scenes of the miracle by minor artists and
in the zone of the apsis , a discreet " Deposizione"
by Benincasa dated 1546...
Guarding the town , the majestic Vicereale Tower , erected to
oppose the pirates , by Don Parafan De Ribeira at the end of the XVI
century.
LIST
OF MONUMENTS AND SITES OF SCENIC AND CULTURAL INTEREST
CHURCH OF
MADONNA DI COSTANTINOPOLI
CHURCH OF S. PIETRO
CHURCH OF S FRANCESCO
CONTRADA GROTTE
CONTRADA CANTONE
SPRING RIGGIULELLA
TOWER VICEREALE
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