During the 10th–11th centuries, the Duchy of Amalfi existed on the territory of the Amalfi Coast, centered in the town of Amalfi. The Amalfi coast was later controlled by the Principality of Salerno, until Amalfi was sacked by the Republic of Pisa in 1137.
Geography
Like the rest of the region, the Amalfi Coast lies in a Mediterranean climate, featuring warm summers and mild winters. It is located on the relatively steep southern shore of the Sorrentine Peninsula, leaving little room for rural and agricultural territories. The coast comprises 11,231 hectares between the Gulf of Naples and the Gulf of Salerno. The only land route to the Amalfi Coast is the long Strada Statale 163 which runs along the coastline from the town of Vietri sul Mare in the east to Positano in the west. Thirteen municipalities are located on the Amalfi Coast, many of them centered on tourism.
Municipalities
Economy
The Amalfi Coast is known for its production of limoncello liqueur as the area is a known cultivator of lemons, known as sfusato amalfitano in Italian, which are grown in terraced gardens along the entire coast between February and October. Amalfi is also a known maker of a hand-made thick paper which is called bambagina. Other renowned local products are a particular kind of anchovies from Cetara, and the colorful handmade ceramics from Vietri.
Transport
There are buses and ferries along the Amalfi Coast. There are also boat excursions from Positano and Amalfi.
The rulers of Amalfi are the central figures in John Webster's Jacobean tragedy The Duchess of Malfi. The Amalfi Coast is a popular destination among tourists. It was featured in Positano, a short story written by American authorJohn Steinbeck in 1953. It was also the setting in "Finding Positano, A Love Story" written by author William James in 2010. The Amalfi Coast serves as a setting for fictional tracks in the Forza Motorsport 3, Forza Motorsport 4 and Gran Turismo 4. The city of Positano featured prominently in scenes of the film Under the Tuscan Sun. Federico Fellini filmed some scenes of his movie Roma on the Amalfi Coast, and included shots of author Gore Vidal, who lived there at the time. The Amalfi Coast was also used for the 2017 American superhero filmWonder Woman as the Amazon island of Themyscira. The Dutch artist M.C. Escher produced a number of art works of the Amalfi coast. Spike Milligan describes his time in Amalfi during a period of leave in the fourth part of his war memoirs,
