Processions
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Linked to the festival time, this path allows the tourist to the deep knowledge of the area. The procession in honor of a Saint or Madonna, even on important occasions of the year, it has a value that involves not only the religious feeling but also the anthropological one.
The Amalfi Coast in this sense it offers a very rich heritage of elements it makes concern the own attention: from the processions of the Saint protector of the town that assumes the character of a real tribute of devotion to him who protects the people from dangers and sometimes it has particular characteristics like the statue movement according to a predetermined scheme so the simulacrum bringers move at a dance pace, to those of Dead Christ of Sain Friday, which are accompanied by the sing of the “battenti” that is, of the epigones of the members of the brotherhoods of flagellants, or to those that opens Christmas period and they are linked to some saint figures that are worshipped a lot in the Coast, like S. Lucia o S. Barbara, whose precessions are accompanied have a particular moment in the pass close to the sea or even to the arrival at the seashore, like that it asks to the Saint or to the Virgin the protection during the fishing activity.
The gate path in Vietri sul Mare shows to the tourist a world where you can know all these aspects twisted together.
To witness or participate in the processions you need to go to the different communes of the Coast when these are taking place.
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Basilica Santa Trofimena
MUNICIPALITY: Minori NAME: Basilica of St. Trofimena LOCALITY: Piazza Cantilena DESCRIPTION: The structure that stands in the center of the
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Convento San Nicola
MUNICIPALITY: Minori NAME: Convent of St. Nicholas LOCATION: Monte Forcella DESCRIPTION: The S. Nicola complex on Monte Forcella consists of
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Chiesa San Giovanni del Toro
MUNICIPALITY: Ravello NAME: Church of S. Giovanni del Toro LOCATION: Piazza S. Giovanni del Toro DESCRIPTION: The church of S.
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Chiesa San Giovanni Battista
MUNICIPALITY: Scala NAME: Church of St. John the Baptist LOCATION: Loc. Pontone DESCRIPTION: The church, originally with three naves, currently
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Chiesa di San Filippo Neri
MUNICIPALITY: Scala NAME: Church of St. Filippo Neri LOCATION: Loc. Pontone DESCRIPTION: The structure, preceded by a cross-vaulted atrium, has
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Chiesa San Eustachio
MUNICIPALITY: Scala NAME: Church of St. Eustace LOCATION: Loc. Pontone DESCRIPTION: The remains of the structures, dating back to the