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Architecture, PHOTOGRAPHY, Ravello · May 13, 2009

Springtime Sails into Ravello

Chiesa della SS. Annunziata, Ravello

I have just another tempting tidbit for you, and I will get off my Ravello kick before I have to change the name of this blog to Ciao Ravello instead of Ciao Amalfi. The stunning view down the Amalfi coastline from the Villa Rufolo includes the two towers of the Chiesa della SS. Annunziata in Ravello. This beautiful church was built at the end of the 13th century by a wealthy family in Ravello. The Baroque decorations added in 1721 were stripped away in a restoration completed in 1982-83, and now you can see the medieval simplicity and beauty of the church. Today the Chiesa della SS. Annunziata is no longer used for religious services, but is reserved for conferences and meetings. Last weekend I smiled when I happened to catch one of the first sailboats of the springtime just between the two towers of the church. I wondered what the people on that little boat were thinking as they gazed up at the city of Ravello perched high on the clifftops.

Posted In: Architecture, PHOTOGRAPHY, Ravello

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Comments

  1. katerinafiore says

    May 13, 2009 at 14:47

    I want to be on that sailboat…I love boats!! 🙂

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  2. Anne in Oxfordshire says

    May 13, 2009 at 15:48

    I so want to be on the sailboat too! It looks beautiful there! 🙂

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  3. Chef Chuck says

    May 13, 2009 at 23:46

    Ciao Laura, There is never to much news about Ravello for me!!
    Lets all sail together!!
    Great Photo! Grazie 🙂

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  4. traveldreamsandmoonbeams says

    May 14, 2009 at 02:19

    Ciao Ravello sounds perfetto! LOL

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  5. Laura says

    May 14, 2009 at 08:28

    I agree with Chuck! Let’s all go sailing! 🙂

    Ciao Katie! A four-masted sailboat just arrived in the port of Amalfi. Would that do? 😉

    Ciao Anne! This is my first time here at the beginning of May, and it is just a beautiful time of year. After this rainy winter and I just loving the sun sun sun!

    Ciao Chuck! I just love Ravello too. My dream house is under restoration there. One of these days I will snap a photo of it and post it here.

    Ciao Lisa! Never enough Ravello, right?! I still haven’t posted about the Villa Cimbrone… 🙂

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