MUNICIPALITY: Amalfi
NAME: Monastery of S. Lorenzo al Piano
LOCATION: Via Muro Rotto
DESCRIPTION: The ancient female monastery of the Benedictine order was founded in 980 by Duke Manson I and was dedicated to St. Lorenzo/Lawrence.
Only a small part of it survives on the right of the long line of tufa arches that houses the town cemetery. A small fresco depicting Christ is still visible in the small open space leading into the cemetery.
SEE, VISIT, FIND : The site can be seen from a great distance and can be visited during the opening hours of the city cemetery, which vary according to season and holidays.
FRUITION DATA: None
OPPORTUNITIES: It should be indicated already on the outside that it is the remains of an ancient monastery.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: a c.) GARGANO O., Amalfi la città famosa, la città da scoprire, Amalfi 1995.
