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RAVELLO

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RAVELLO , a See also:

village of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Salerno, about 3 M. N.N.E. of See also:Amalfi by road, 1227 ft. above See also:sea-level. It commands a magnificent view. Pop. (1901) 1851. The See also:history of Ravello cannot be traced beyond the 9th See also:century. In the 11th it was called Rebellum, because it refused to acknowledge the See also:sovereignty of Amalfi, and in the 13th, when at the height of its prosperity, it had 36,000 inhabitants. The Palazzo Rufolo, begun in the 11th century, has two lofty towers and beautiful Saracenic decoration in the courtyard. The ex-See also:cathedral of S. Pantaleo, almost entirely modernized, has See also:fine See also:bronze doors by Barisanus of See also:Trani (1179), and two pulpits in Cosmatesque See also:work. The larger, supported by six columns resting on the backs of lions, was made in 1272 by Nicolaus of See also:Foggia; the bust over the entrance to it is said to be a portrait of Sigilgaita Rufolo. The smaller, of the same date, is simpler, and has curious representations of See also:Jonah and the See also:whale.

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parish See also:church of S. Giovanni in See also:Toro, spoilt by restorations in the 18th century, contains a splendid See also:pulpit in Cosmatesque work, supported on four pillars, and the See also:crypt some 14th-century frescoes. In front of it is the See also:porch of the Palazzo dell' Afflitto, composed of See also:ancient fragments. S. Maria Immacolata is another Romanesque church. See A. Avena, Monumenti dell' Arie Meridionale (See also:Naples, 1902), i. 349 sqq.

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