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From Amalfi a winding road ascends seven
kilometres up the "Dragon's Valley" to the hill town of Ravello.
Located on the small escarpment of Monte Lattari, it is set amidst vast
semi-tropical gardens and overlooks, from 350 metres, the coast south towards
the Gulf of Salerno, and the town of Amalfi directly below. It is no wonder
then, that this town, with its head in the clouds and its clear, sunny climate,
has appealed for centuries to writers, artists, musicians, travellers... and
dreamers! Boccaccio, D. H. Lawrence and Wagner are among the "greats"
who succumbed to the spell of Ravello. Wagner partly composed his opera "Parsifal"
here, and today author Gore Vidal lives and derives inspiration from this
charming town.
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