Salerno angioina-aragonese

With the arrival of Angioini and Aragonesi, and with the move of the capital to Naples, the role of Salerno resizes, but the city does not stop playing a significant rolein the realm context, thanks also to the fact of having aimportantPortfounded by the Swabian Manfrediin 1259, and to beseat of one of the largest fairs in the Mezzogiorno, frequented by merchants and strangers, established by the same ruler in the same year: both structures will continue to be functioning in the following centuries.

In the Angevin Periodlives in Salerno the famous doctorMatteo Silvatico, known to Boccaccio who writes a novella (X of the 4th day) in which there is a doctor coming from the name of Mazzeo della Montagna, clearly inspired by him. Matteo Silvatico is thefounder of what is now calledGarden of the Minerva, a splendid botanical garden restored according to the principles of medieval medicine.

Salernitano is alsothe eldest rookie of the fifteenth century, Tommaso Guardati, famous asMasuccio Salernitano,heir of Boccaccio with his novels, many of which are set in Salerno, in which they describe, among others, via dei Mercanti, called the “drapparia”, theChurch of Saint Augustine,thePiazza del Sedile del Campo. Architectural remains of that period are scattered in the city, the most beautiful and famous is theCatalan arch, work of the Aragonese period.

In Salerno, at the end of the fourteenth century, Margherita di Durazzo, mother of King Ladislao: the loggia of his palace, in beautiful Renaissance style, is integrated inProvincial Archaeological Museum, and his tomb, of balance and elegance, is located at the bottom of the left aisle of the town cathedral, where it was transferred from the Salento convent of St. Francis, where it was originally placed.

Some Salento churches are of the sixteenth century, butthe century, from the artistic point of view, is marked by Andrea Sabatini, known as Andrea da Salerno, pupil of Raphael, whose works are visible inChurch of San Giorgio, andPinacotecaofDiocesan Museum.