In the V century chased by Barbarians , groups of Romans barricade
themselves in these easy to defend high places, living by
farming and craftsmanship.
Later in calmer times Casanova was initiated , at first little more
than an hamlet , home of farmers but the future lay with the sea. In
the safety of the fiord, using the water of the torrent
Schiato , mills and paper factories were built: Furore was
born, universitas "Terra Furoris", and the people became
merchants .
The overseas commerce made the new town florid and it absorbed
Casanova ( in the XIII century ) , and new and powerful noble houses
arrived on the Amalfitan political scene: Cuomo, Summonte, Porpora,...
rich and proud dynasties , as the golden column on an azure background
, the important town shield...
After the Amalfitan glory , in the fiord between high and low moments
a certain commerce resisted, in the higher regions agriculture and
sheep farming that furnished the precious prime material for craftsmen,
"secacorne" ( the bone carvers ) ...
In the fascist epoch Furore lost her autonomy , first joined to
Praiano and then to Conca dei Marini. In the aftermath of the war
((1947) the project of the hotel city, and the open -air museum was
born : called the "Painted City".... The adventure of
tourism was born...
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