Sapri

The Bay of Sapri is located in the center of the Gulf of Policastro, in one of the most beautiful corners of the Tyrrhenian coast. In the last door of the Campania coast, just a few steps from the sea, protected behind the crown of the Cocuzzo and Coccovello, Pladino and Ceraso mountains, Sapri presents itself in all its spectacular beauty. The town has a tourist vocation and absorbs the influence of the most prestigious surrounding areas, such as Maratea and Palinuro. Recent findings have revealed that Sapri has been inhabited since the Paleolithic and the Bronze Age, its history is rooted in the 7th century. B.C. In Roman times it was an appreciated climatic location, as evidenced by the imposing remains of a palace, perhaps imperial, of the 1st century AD From this period is also the marble memorial stone dedicated, by the parents, to the magistrate Lucio Sempronio Prisco, who died at the age of 25: the cippus is currently in Piazza Plebiscito. Following cataclysms and natural swamping, Sapri disappeared in the Middle Ages, then returned to the limelight in history with the expedition of Carlo Pisacane in 1857, celebrated by the poet Luigi Mercantini in "La spigolatrice di Sapri". The Neapolitan leader, followed by three hundred brave men, landed in the bay of Sapri, convinced that he was relieving the people against the enemy. The insurrectional attempt failed and the southern hero was slaughtered at the foot of the Cervati, a few hundred meters at the gates of Sanza, because he was believed to be a brigand by the saprese, a population of mountaineers.
Currently Sapri is a pleasantly modern town and is one of the most sought-after tourist and holiday centers in Southern Italy, where it is possible to spend peaceful days enjoying the beauty of the place and the efficiency of the services. The prince town of the Gulf of Policastro, thanks to the purity of the waters and its livability, has been repeatedly awarded the prestigious Blue Flag award, by the International Jury of the European Foundation for Environmental Education. The clear waters of its sea bathe an uncontaminated coast, rich in rocks, inlets and caves.

The Bay of Sapri is located in the center of the Gulf of Policastro, in one of the most beautiful corners of the Tyrrhenian coast. In the last door of the Campania coast, just a few steps from the sea, protected behind the crown of the Cocuzzo and Coccovello, Pladino and Ceraso mountains, Sapri presents itself in all its spectacular beauty. The town has a tourist vocation and absorbs the influence of the most prestigious surrounding areas, such as Maratea and Palinuro. Recent findings have revealed that Sapri has been inhabited since the Paleolithic and the Bronze Age, its history is rooted in the 7th century. B.C. In Roman times it was an appreciated climatic location, as evidenced by the imposing remains of a palace, perhaps imperial, of the 1st century AD From this period is also the marble memorial stone dedicated, by the parents, to the magistrate Lucio Sempronio Prisco, who died at the age of 25: the cippus is currently in Piazza Plebiscito. Following cataclysms and natural swamping, Sapri disappeared in the Middle Ages, then returned to the limelight in history with the expedition of Carlo Pisacane in 1857, celebrated by the poet Luigi Mercantini in "La spigolatrice di Sapri". The Neapolitan leader, followed by three hundred brave men, landed in the bay of Sapri, convinced that he was relieving the people against the enemy. The insurrectional attempt failed and the southern hero was slaughtered at the foot of the Cervati, a few hundred meters at the gates of Sanza, because he was believed to be a brigand by the saprese, a population of mountaineers.
Currently Sapri is a pleasantly modern town and is one of the most sought-after tourist and holiday centers in Southern Italy, where it is possible to spend peaceful days enjoying the beauty of the place and the efficiency of the services. The prince town of the Gulf of Policastro, thanks to the purity of the waters and its livability, has been repeatedly awarded the prestigious Blue Flag award, by the International Jury of the European Foundation for Environmental Education. The clear waters of its sea bathe an uncontaminated coast, rich in rocks, inlets and caves.