Historical Figures of Salerno

Arechi II, Prince Lombard, is the second founder of the city of Salerno. In the eighth century Salerno, thanks to…

Ippolito da Pastina is the Masaniello Salernitano, revolutionary who tried to free the city from the Spanish oppression.

Initially an intimate painter, voted for the small still life, then to the collage and suggestions of American pop-art until…

Giovanni Amendola is one of the most illustrious figures of the first anti-fascism, which opposed Mussolini’s power. He died as…

“I will always fall until the last day of my life, but dreaming of flying.” Alfonso Gatto is the most…

The mayor of Salerno for 14 years, Alfonso Menna was able to transform the city and revive it from the…

From Bishop Alfano I to the medical professional Trotula de Ruggiero, there are many people who have given birth to…

An exceptional woman, Princess Sichelgaita, Longobard and wife of Norman Roberto il Guiscardo. Colta, of great personality, able also to…

The monument to Giovanni Nicotera is at the center of the Villa Comunale, to remember the MP elected in Salerno…

The Marquis Ferdinando Ruggi d’Aragona and Abbot Conforti are the protagonists of the Salento ephemeral and glorious epoeia of the…