Cava de' Tirreni (Italian: [ˈkaːva de tirˈrɛːni]; Cilentan: A Càva) is a city and comune in the region of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 10 kilometres (6 miles) northwest of the town of Salerno. It lies in a richly cultivated valley surrounded by wooded hills, and is a popular tourist resort.
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The Accademia Musicale Jacopo Napoli is a music institute in Cava de' Tirreni.
It was founded in 1987 by Felice Cavaliere and named after Jacopo Napoli, famous Neapolitan composer. It organizes Master classes in the major musical instruments as well as singing, string instruments and conducting. The music courses have been presented by the Academy Jacopo Napoli of Cava de’ Tirreni since 1987.
Among the teachers at the Academy are Leonid Margarius, Sonig Tchakerian, Marco Fiorini, Gabriele Geminiani and others.
The Academy organizes also the Festival of Chamber Music "Le Corti dell'Arte", which takes place in August, where artists such as Michele Campanella, Maxence Larrieu, and François-Joël Thiollier have performed.
The Festival takes place in the ancient courts of the noble palaces of the Old Town of Cava de' Tirreni.
For almost a decade, the Academy has organized a course of orchestral conducting held by Bruno Aprea; it aimed at the production of operas that have been performed in concert.
During the past years, the Academy organized many events; one of the most important is the Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival in collaboration with the Center for Musical Studies in Washington. The Academy organized also manifold concert seasons and the International Singing Competition "Vissi d'Arte", in Eboli.
The activity of the Academy has been described in at least two Italian magazines and publications.
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Stadio Simonetta Lamberti is a multi-purpose stadium in Cava de' Tirreni, Italy. The stadium opened in 1969 and holds 5,200 spectators. The pitch is 110 × 65 metres.
It is currently used, mostly, for football matches and is the home ground of the Cavese 1919.
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Raito is an Italian hamlet of the municipality of Vietri sul Mare in the Province of Salerno, Campania. It is part of the Amalfi Coast and its population is 996.
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Minerva's Garden is located in the heart of the old town of Salerno, in a zone known as the "Plaium montis" in the Middle Ages. It is halfway along an ideal route that runs along the axis of the walled and terraced vegetable gardens, climbing from the Municipal Park, near the river Fusandola, towards the Arechi Castle.
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The Salerno Harbor station is a maritime station located on the pier of the commercial port of the city of Salerno, and is directly linked with the newly built "Piazza della Libertà" and the city's waterfront.
In 2013 the Ministry of Cultural entered the maritime station in the selected group of high-quality architectural interventions.
The abbey of La Trinità della Cava is located there.