History of Vietri sul Mare
Vietri sul Mare was inhabited by pirates
and conquerors, and comes from the ancient Marcina, an Etrurian
town mentioned in Strabone's Geography. Maybe it was a commercial
town, and was used as a port of call for Nuceria.
The most recent archaeological finds refer to tombs with
ceramics objects of Corinthian style, the thermal bath of
Marina and a Roman “murus reticolatum” at the
extremity of Fonti, covered by the sea. The name of the place “Veteri” suggests
the existence of an ancient town. This name was used during
Longobard period to indicate the territory of Vietri, Marina
and Molina. During XI century this territory was a part of
Salerno, then it belonged to Cava de’ Tirreni until
XIX century when in 1806 it became an independent municipality.
Stefania Maffeo
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