Cava Dei Tirreni

Cava de' Tirreni is a town and commune of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 10 kilometers NW by rail from the town of Salerno. It lies in a richly cultivated valley, surrounded by wooded hills, and is a favourite tourist resort. Porticoes in Cava de' Tirreni. About two kilometers to the south-west is the village of Corpo di Cava, with the Benedictine abbey of La Trinità della Cava, founded in 1025 by St Alferius. The church and the greater part of the buildings were entirely modernized in 1796. The old Gothic cloisters are preserved.The church contains a fine organ and several ancient sarcophagi. The archives, now national property, include documents and MSS. of great value (e.g. the Codex Legum Longobardorum of 1004, and the La Cava Bible) and fine incunabula. Sport The local soccer team is S.S. Cavese 1919. Frazioni Annunziata, Alessia, Badia...