{"id":4427,"date":"2023-04-03T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T10:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authenticamalficoast.it\/?post_type=amalfi_story&#038;p=4427"},"modified":"2023-05-14T08:14:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T08:14:52","slug":"the-eternal-life-of-atrani","status":"publish","type":"amalfi_story","link":"https:\/\/authenticamalficoast.it\/en\/story\/the-eternal-life-of-atrani\/","title":{"rendered":"The eternal life of Atrani"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>In Italy&#8217;s smallest village where life&#8217;s troubles dissolve in the sigh of the sea<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><i>April 3rd, 2023. By Imma Tralli, photo by Vito Fusco<\/i><\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>Driving down the 163 state road, not even at 1 km from Amalfi, you will encounter a little town where it seems like time has stopped and where all the problems may disappear with the sound of the sea.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Atrani <\/strong>(0.1206 km\u00b2) is the tiniest village in Italy and one of the most picturesque places where every corner turns into a chance to discover artistic pieces dating back to the XII\/XIII century, such as medieval and Romans columns and capitals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aac.demo.altrama.com\/storage\/images\/209\/Atrani-in-Costiera-Amalfitana-photo-Vito-Fusco_29.jpg\" alt=\"Il Borgo di Atrani in Costa d'Amalfi, il ponte costruito in epoca murattiana\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Photo Vito Fusco<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Merging of Mediterranean elements<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>During the X and XI century, Atrani was the political center and the residential area for the aristocracy, while religious ceremonies were held in Amalfi. The traces of this illustrious past can be seen in the \u201ctower-houses\u201d characterized by \u00ab<i>stacked floors, each presenting a gallery with cross-vaults and columns with bell-shaped capitals<\/i>,\u00bb explains Lina Sabino. She is an honorary atranese and art historian who worked until 2010 as a superintend of Artistic Heritage of Salerno and Avellino.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Historically, this area was emancipated from the Byzantine Empire thanks to a three-way trade: \u00ab<i>people from Atrani and Amalfi were extraordinary businessmen and traded luxurious goods from the Amalfi Coast. Africa, also connecting Istanbul and Rome,<\/i>\u00bb explains Sabino. This trade became so successful that Amalfi, from the second half of the 900 \u2018till the 110, turned into the Mediterranean sea\u2019s biggest bazaar where different customs, traditions, and cultures coexisted peacefully.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aac.demo.altrama.com\/storage\/images\/204\/Atrani-in-Costiera-Amalfitana-photo-Vito-Fusco_24.jpg\" alt=\"Il Borgo di Atrani in Costa d'Amalfi, la piazza\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Piazza Umberto I. Photo by Vito Fusco<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The sense of community<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Piazza Umberto I, the village\u2019s main square, is surrounded by a magical atmosphere of lights and iridescent colors and is always full of people looking for a quick coffee or a chance to chat. \u00ab<i>Atrani is a lifestyle, and this square is its beating heart: a place where locals get together to party, play, and eat. During the wintertime, it\u2019s not unusual to catch up with a couple in love just strolling by happily<\/i>,\u00bb says Sabino.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Living here is very private, thanks to the bridge built in 1822 to connect Vietri Sul Mare to Positano. \u00ab<i>Surely, this bridge gave Atrani more intimacy and a relaxed atmosphere. We could trace its construction thanks to\u00a0Vista di Atrani, an Austrian artist Joseph Rebell&#8217;s painting in 1818 that doesn\u2019t portray the bridge. Instead, only a road leads to the sea along with the Collegiate of Santa Maria Maddalena.<\/i>\u00bb<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aac.demo.altrama.com\/storage\/images\/208\/Atrani-in-Costiera-Amalfitana-photo-Vito-Fusco_28.jpg\" alt=\"Il Borgo di Atrani in Costa d'Amalfi, l'interno della Chiesa di San Salvatore de Birecto\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>San Salvatore de Birecto Church. Photo by Vito Fusco<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The echo of the past<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If we stand in the square Umberto I and listen to the quiet village\u2019s rhythm, we can also see the Church of San Salvatore de Birecto and its bell tower that \u201cchimes the hours, even if time cannot be defined here.\u201d \u00ab<i>We are talking about one of the most ancient monuments on the Amalfi Coast. Created during the X century, San Salvatore is an important cultural and religious heritage asset. It has been said that the investiture ceremony of the Amalfi Duke took place there<\/i>,\u00bb says Bonaventura Esposito, researcher, and expert on the religious history of the Amalfi Coast.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aac.demo.altrama.com\/storage\/images\/1103\/body-8-ok-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Il borgo silente di Atrani\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>The view of Atrani that inspired Maurits Cornelis Escher<i>. Photo by <\/i>Vito Fusco<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The village\u2019s magical atmosphere<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The name Atrani comes from the Latin word\u00a0atrum, which means rocky place, gloomy.\u00a0Surrounded east by Monte Civita and west by Monte Aureo, the village of Atrani is a perfect example of the harmony between men and nature, a kind relationship that inspired many artists and intellectuals, such as Mauritius Cornelis Escher, during the twentieth century.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Regarding his journey on the Amalfi Coast around the 1930s, he said that he loved Atrani, especially its \u201cmagical atmosphere.\u201d And it was indeed the symmetry, the repetition of shapes and jumps from light to shade, typical of Atrani, that inspired the woodcut prints\u00a0Metamorphosis,\u00a0made between 1930 and 1934 by the dutch artist.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The writer, Roberto Pane, in his novel \u201cSorrento e la costa\u201d (Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, Napoli), also describes Atrani as a \u201cvillage\u201d that attracted him because of its nature. \u201c<i>Bright and splendid that shines among the rocks, that gets reflected from the white plaster of the houses, and a nature that tries to earn every plain field<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aac.demo.altrama.com\/storage\/images\/212\/Atrani-in-Costiera-Amalfitana-photo-Vito-Fusco_32.jpeg\" alt=\"Il Borgo di Atrani in Costiera Amalfitana di notte\" \/>\r\n<figcaption>Atrani by night<i>. <\/i>Photo by Vito Fusco<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The timeless journey<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The village is a little but precious gemstone that reflects thousands of colors.\u00a0Atrani reflects the beauty of nature intertwined with life, as shown in the latest tv commercial Ferrari Portofino M. Discovering means waking up in the first sunlight and then going to bed with the image of the light used by the fishermen while working at nighttime. \u00a0Atrani is a journey that never ends.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Borrowing the words of the famous writer Saramago: \u201c<i>You have to see what you missed the first time, see again what you already saw, see in springtime what you saw in summer, in daylight what you saw at night, see the sun shining where you saw the rain falling, see the crops growing, the fruit ripens, the stone which has moved, the shadow that was not there before [\u2026]<\/i>\u201c. It is what happens in Atrani. You have to start the journey anew. Always.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>(<i>Transaltion by Michela Pandolfi<\/i>)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Italy&#8217;s smallest village where life&#8217;s troubles dissolve in the sigh of the sea April 3rd, 2023. 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