Maiori: Monuments - Art

• Norman Tower built in 1563. Today it is a restaurant
• San Sebastiano bulwark, there are only a few remains
• Collegiata di Santa Maria a Mare with a XVIII century façade. It has a nave and two aisles covered by a dome vault
• Santa Maria de Olearia Abbey, an ancient monastery built in X- XI century by Byzantine friars
• San Nicola de ThoroPlano castle, built in IX century to defend the town from Longobards. Inside there is a small church dedicated to Saint Nicholas
• Mezzacapo Palace with a great wood entrance and two marble staircases that lead to the rich Salone delle Rappresentanze with a vault ceiling painted with the "Trionfo degli olimpici". In 1943 it became the American headquarter
• San Francesco Church built in 1405
• Avvocata Sanctuary, it is situated at 900 m above the sea-level at the slopes of Falerzio Mount, it is attainable only through a very long staircase
• Torricella, a small tower built in 1563, it has a quadrangolar plan
• Sulfurea Cave, attainable only by boat. On its bottom there is a natural spring of sulphurous water that has a diuretic and detoxicating effect. It can be used to cure skin illnesses
• Pandora Cave, the water is emerald green and there are charming stalactites and stalagmites
• Cala Bellavaia, called the beach of "Cavallo Morto" (dead horse) because in the past it was used to get rid of dead horses
• Falerzio Mount climbing (1024 m)
  

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