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RAVELLO, THE
TOWN OF MUSIC
 Thanks to the Festival
Internazionale di Musica,an international music festival,
Ravello has become famous all over the world. Ravello is
a quiet and chic town, on the terraces of its Villa Rufolo
and Cimbone visitors can admire a wonderful panorama that
enchanted Wagner and Greta Garbo. Ravello had very prosperous
trades during XI and XII centuries, then it was included
in Amalfi territory and eventually became independent.
Ravello is like a terrace
over the sea. It has wonderful belvederes, for example the
one dedicated to Princess of Piemonte, from where all the
coast can be seen. Ravello is situated on the Lattari mounts
with their wonderful nature, in the valley between Dragone
and Reginna streams, 350 m above the sea-level.
Giovanni Boccaccio charmed
by the beauties of these places described them in the "Decameron".
The main character of one of its short stories comes from
Ravello, Landolfo Rufolo: he was a nobleman who had chosen
to be a pirate. He shipwrecked and then, thanks to his abilities
and good luck, found a great treasure. In 1819 the famous
English painter William Turner stayed in Italy and went to
Ravello. His sketches of Amalfitana Coast are now in the
Tate Gallery in London. Ravello has a quiet, silent atmosphere
that enchants all the people coming to visit it. Its beautiful
villas are the most famous buildings of the town. During
XIX and XX century many artists, painters, musicians were
inspired by the beautiful landscapes of Ravello, for example
Ruskin, Miró, Vedova and Escher; André Gide
set in Ravello some episodes of his “The immoralist”;
Lawrence wrote there his “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” and
Graham Green “The third man”; Wagner imagined
that Villa Rufolo park was the magic garden of Klingsor in
his masterpiece “Parsifal”. The most important
monument is the Cathedral, built in XII century. Another
charming building is Villa Rufolo, built in XI century, with
its terraces on the sea and Villa Cimbrone with its wonderful
belvedere.
Stefania Maffeo
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