Built at the behest of Robert Guiscard, the cathedral houses the body of St Matthew and was consecrated by Pope Gregory VII in 1085. It is in the Norman style and was seriously damaged by the earthquake in 1980. The bronze doors (from Constantinopl..

This attractive promenade is shaded by palm trees and tamarinds and runs along the foot of the hill crowned by the castle. There is a broad view over the superb gulf of Salerno .

With shops, old houses, oratories, this street of old Salerno is typical of the medieval city. It ends at the Arechi Arch that the Lombards built in the 8C.

Housed in the S. Benedetto complex, it is a collection of remains from Prehistory to the last Imperial era. The highlight? A bronze head of Apollo , from the 1C BC, and an attractive collection of pre-Roman ambers.