Town situated in a valley with varied shades, surrounded by pleasant hills and Lattari, once called La Cava, an ancient city of merchants, skilled weavers and potters, of which today are preserved customs and traditions Destination for travelers on the Grand Tour and fitness for painters, explored the land by eminent personalities: Garibaldi, Verdi, Goethe. Starting point  for excursions and trips to Amalfi and the coast, is still called "Gateway to the Amalfi Coast." The ancient Benedictine abbey often called Badia di Cava, so named because it sits below the cave in which he retired from Arsic Benedictine hermit S. Alferio in 1011. It rises in the frame of Metelliana valley not far from the Amalfi Coast, the biggest and most visited monument in the city, still has many art treasures such as 1500 scrolls, rare documents dating from 792 Lombard, painters Caravaggio paintings, archaeological find.