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Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)Cava de Tirreni (Italy)Istituto Tecnico per Geometri “Luigi Vanvitelli”

Cava de’ Tirreni (Italy)• The project• The project• Our town• A brief historical courseA brief historical course• Interesting places:

• Benedectine Abbey• Other Churches• The Castle

Important events in Cava• Important events in Cava• Montecastello Cerimony• The competition of the Trombonistsp

• Famous people of the past• Mamma Lucia• Alfonso Balzico• Gaetano Filangieri• Eduardo MigliaccioEduardo Migliaccio

I.T.G. “L. Vanvitelli” – Cava de’ Tirreni (Salerno – Italy) CAVA DE’ TIRRENI

Speaking ability in a second language isSpeaking ability in a second language is not an inborn skill, but it is the result of continual stimuli coming from the Educational World or from the experience (staying in foreign countries for a long time and participating to extra projects)and participating to extra-projects).

A Comenius project is a valid opportunity for students and teachers.

It encourages students to learn different glanguages, to visit new countries and to develop international friendship.


Our townThis is our town Cava de’ Tirreni near

Salerno in the South of ItalySalerno, in the South of Italy.


ITALY


REGIONE CAMPANIAREGIONE CAMPANIA


A beautiful view of Cava de’ Tirreni.


The Town Hall of Cava de’ Tirreni.


The town is situated in the middle of greenThe town is situated in the middle of green and big hills rich in thick vegetation and surrounded by Lattari mountains such as Monte Castello, Monte S. Liberatore, S. Martino, Monte Finestra, Monte S. Angelo, Monte Avvocata and so on which separate theMonte Avvocata and so on, which separate the town from the sea villages of the Amalfi Coast.


PositanoA lovely view of the Amalfitan Coasty


A brief historicald lt land cultural course

Cava de’ Tirreni was called “Little Switzerland” because of the green of its

t i it b d f t d itmountains, its abundance of water and itslandscape.

Th hi t f th t i l t d ith thThe history of the town is related with the Benedictine Abbey built in the XI Century.


The name Cava means “cave” and the most famous cave was the “Arsicia” which was the place where the Benedictine Abbey was foundedplace where the Benedictine Abbey was founded.


The history of theBenedictine Abbey

At the beginning of the XI century a little group of monks attracted by the saintly reputation of a nobleman Alferio Pappacarbone, who retired to the Mount Finestra to pray and think decided to settleFinestra to pray and think, decided to settle there and in that place the Benedictine Abbey of the Holy Trinity was built.of the Holy Trinity was built.

It became one of the most religious and cultural centre in Italycultural centre in Italy.


The Monastery of BadiaIn the monastery there are:

th L b d t• the Longobard cemetery;

• the library which preserves 50.000 y pvolumes with incunabula;

• the archives with 15 000 parchmentsthe archives with 15.000 parchments dated back to VIII Century;

the Codex Diplomaticus Cavensis a• the Codex Diplomaticus Cavensis, a Visigoth Bible of IX Century, the LexLongobardorum of 1000.Longobardorum of 1000.


A photo of the Benedictine Abbey


The Churchyard


The BenedictineMuseum of Badia

Prepared in the thirteenth Century rooms of the ancient pilgrimages’ home, it preserves p g g , pmarbles carved from II to XVI Century, for example some sculptural fragments by Tino da Camaino; paintings by Luca Giordano, Francesco De Mura, Andrea da Salerno e Giovan Francesco Penni; Gothic jewelleriesGiovan Francesco Penni; Gothic jewelleries and objects of art: potteries and objects of ivory.y


The Cloister of the Monastery


Inside the Abbey: the pulpit


Oth Ch h i COther Churches in CavaSt Francesco ChurchSt. Francesco Church


The CathedralThe Cathedral....


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The Cathedral by night….y g


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The construction of the Cathedral started in 1517 with a Papal bull1517 with a Papal bull.

The construction work was entrusted to a bricklayer called Catello Della Monica who noticed that the walls had some damages caused by water inside the foundationscaused by water inside the foundations.

The Cathedral was finished in 1571. It was t d i 1662 d difi d iconsecrated in 1662 and modified various

times. It was strongly damaged by the earthquake in the year 1980earthquake in the year 1980.

Today it has been completely restored and it h h d it i i l l dhas reached its original splendour....


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On the right aisle, there is the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament also damaged by thievesBlessed Sacrament, also damaged by thieves.

Interesting is also the Chapel dedicated to the Patron S. Adiutore, but it is not always opened to the public.

Inside the Church it is possible to visit the canopy, and admire the large painting d di t d t th H l M f Vi it tidedicated to the Holy Mary of Visitation.


The Church of Immaculate ConceptionThe Church of Immaculate Conception of Elm


The Sanctuary of AvvocatellaIt i it t d i B di f C d ’ Ti i d iIt is situated in Badia of Cava de’ Tirreni and is

the destination of thousand pilgrims for its tormented origins.Rose nearby a cave of bats it is said that there were ghost visions which scared the passers-by.A priest put an image of the Holy Mary nearby the cave giving origin to the present y y g g g psanctuary.


Th B S i ti i t lThe Borgo Scacciaventi: an ancient lane…..


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In the middle of the valley where Cava de’ Tirreni lies there is the main city centre theTirreni lies, there is the main city centre, the ancient “Borgo Scacciaventi”, which represented the religious, administrative andrepresented the religious, administrative and commercial heart of the town during the Renaissance.

Nowadays the Borgo Scacciaventi is the centre of trade and handicraft during the day g yand of pubs, American bars and restaurants at night.


The CastleThe CastleThe Castle is situated on a hill in the centre of

the valley and dominates the town....


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The Castle was built in the VIII century and donated by the Longobard Duke Ruggiero atdonated by the Longobard Duke Ruggiero at the end of XI Century to the town of Cava.

Its name is “S. Adiutore” because, according to a legend dated back to V Century, a Saint Bishop called Adiutore escaped from AfricaBishop called Adiutore, escaped from Africa and took cover in a cell on this hill.

Th C tl d t d i 1943 dThe Castle was destroyed in 1943 and was re-built in 1970.


Important events in Cava:Th M t t ll CThe Montecastello Ceremony

In 1656 among many calamities there wasIn 1656 among many calamities, there was a plague in Italy. It was brought to Naples by Spanish soldiers and it was diffused in CavaSpanish soldiers and it was diffused in Cava de’ Tirreni where the desease caused many victims.

According to the tradition, it was thanks to a pilgrimage by people to worship the Blessed p g g y p p pSacrament into the Chapel of S. Adiutore Castle, that the plague was defeated….


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For this reason every year in the 8° of Corpus Domini the Montecastello Ceremony isDomini the Montecastello Ceremony is celebrated on the Thursday or the Sunday following the Holy Trinity. Since the next year, infollowing the Holy Trinity. Since the next year, in 1657, the procession of Corpus Domini became as a penitence going as far as the top of the Castle.

The Ceremony was also enriched by the y ypresence of Cavesi with their special guns called “pistoni”.

At the end of this beautiful show it is possible to see illuminations, fireworks and the ,phantasmagorical fires of the fortress.


Fireworks from MontecastelloMontecastello


Fireworks from Montecastello


The Competition of the Trombonists

Every year in the first week of July, at the stadium “Simonetta Lamberti” in Cava the “C titi f th T b i t ” t k l“Competition of the Trombonists” takes place.

It is a deeply felt folk show which reminds the battle of Sarno, when in 1460 five hundred Cavesi soldiers helped King Ferdinand I of A ll d F t h i t bAragon, called Ferrante, who was going to be defeated by the Angevin King John....


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After that, King Ferdinand sent a “White Parchment” with his signature to thank theParchment , with his signature to thank the loyalty of Cavesi.

On the White Parchment ,Cavesi could have written and asked everything to the King but they did not write anything and the Parchmentthey did not write anything and the Parchment is still white and untouched in the Town Hall....


…..The parade of trombonist groups belonging to different hamlets during the competitionto different hamlets, during the competition….


..... During this historical evocation, the eight groups of trombonists with thousands of participants in period costumes, compete one group at time, in resounding battery gun fires….


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Today the “White Parchment”, represents the pride of Cavesi and the ambitious award for thepride of Cavesi and the ambitious award for the “Competition of Trombonists”.

The awards “Very Loyal Town” and the legendary “White Parchment” are given to the winner of the competitionwinner of the competition....

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…..The “Sbandieratori” waving flags during the competion of Trombonists


Famous peopleFamous people of the past:

Mamma LuciaLucia Apicella known as Mamma Lucia (Cava

de’ Tirreni, November 18, 1887- Cava de’ Tirreni, July 23 1982) was an Italian humanitarianJuly 23, 1982) was an Italian humanitarian benefactor.

During the Second World War hundreds of German soldiers were killed in the area. Their bodies were not buried and were left on thebodies were not buried and were left on the battlefields around Cava....


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Mamma Lucia was a very religious, simple and pious mother. A day, after having p y gwitnessed the scene in which some children were kicking the skull of a soldier and, after a

it d i hi h i ht ldipremonitory dream in which eight soldiers implored the Germans to give back their bodies to their mothers she felt the Christianbodies to their mothers, she felt the Christian duty to bury the dead bodies of German soldiers and dedicated herself with “motherly love” to find the remains of the dead soldiers and reassemble them in coffins of zinc....


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Her aims was to return the bodies to their mothers or to allow them finding easily. The work was dangerous because of many unexploded booby-traps that where in the area b t at the end of the 1944 she hadarea, but at the end of the 1944, she had found more than 700 bodies with different identity cards and signs of identificationidentity cards and signs of identification.

In July 1980, at the age of 92, on the initiative of the literary magazine “Verso ilinitiative of the literary magazine Verso il 2000” in the large Marbles Hall in the Town Hall, she was awarded in Salerno with a goldHall, she was awarded in Salerno with a gold medal by the President of the Republic....


MammaLuciaLucia…..


…..Mamma Luciakisses andputs a skullin a coffinof zincof zinc.


Alfonso BalzicoAlfonso Balzico (Cava de’

Tirreni (SA) 1825/ Rome 1901) isTirreni (SA) 1825/ Rome 1901) is a famous sculpture.

H i d tHe carried out numerous busts, the Equestrian Statue of the King’s brother Ferdinand ofthe King s brother Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa, considered his masterpiece and the monument to Massimo D’Azeglio. In Paris he received a prize for the sculpture ofa prize for the sculpture of Flavio Gioia, that after it was bought by the town of Amalfi....bought by the town of Amalfi....


.....The Equestrian Statue of Ferdinand of Savoy made by Alfonso BalzicoSavoy, made by Alfonso Balzico.


Gaetano FilangieriGaetano Filangieri was born in Naples in

1752. He was one of the most important Italian pjurists and thinkers. In 1783 Gaetano Filangieri married the Countess Carolina Fremdel of Presburgo and after he retired in Cava de’Presburgo and after he retired in Cava de Tirreni where he worked out the famous “The Science of Legislation”.

His personality was important for his political works such as “The Science of Legislation” gpublished in seven volumes. In his works, he attacked from the basis, the feudal privileges of the Barons He died because of tuberculosisthe Barons. He died, because of tuberculosis, on 21st June 1788 in Vico Equense near Naples...


…..A portraitofGaetanoFilangieri


Eduardo Migliaccio, called “Farfariello”

Eduardo Migliaccio was born in the hamlet of

called Farfariellog

Santi Quaranta in Cava de’ Tirreni on 15th April 1880 by Ernesto and Almerinda Tragni. At the

f 18 h d t A i ith hi f ilage of 18 he moved to America with his family. He became famous with the “colonial caricatures”caricatures .

He invented a particular language, in which elements of English and Neapolitan dialectelements of English and Neapolitan dialect converged. He described the most typical American “boors”: the dissolute person, theAmerican boors : the dissolute person, the patriot, the hooligan, “the guappo”…

He created more than hundredsHe created more than hundreds caricatures....


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Eduardo Migliaccio, calledMigliaccio, called “Farfariello”


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