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Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Ravello 2017

Holy Trinity Convent – Ravello

At the end of the path you can see the remains of the Holy Trinity Benedictine Monastery built in the 9th century to house young women from the noble families of Ravello.
Suppressed in 1811, by Royal Decree. Demolished in 1812.

Sadly the archaeological site and the viewpoint were inaccessible due to building works!

We were however able [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 22nd 2018

Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Ravello 2017

Ravello – Day Eight

After breakfast we headed off to catch the 9.35  bus to Amalfi, which surprisingly (after our previous experiences) arrived on time! We were travelling to Amalfi so that we could catch a boat to Capri. We arrived just in time to book the 10.30 boat with a return journey. I was a little dismayed that [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Oct 27th 2017