AMALFI, town and archiepiscopal see, Campania, Italy, in . the province of Salerno, I2m. W.S.W. by road from the town of that name, on the north coast of the Gulf of Salerno. Pop. This picturesque old city lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, sheltered at the foot of Monte Cerreto (4,314ft.), in the centre of splendid coast scenery. The cathedral of San Andrea is in Lombard-Norman style (I 1 th century) with facade in black and white stone, bronze doors executed at Constantinople before 1066, and campanile (1276). The conspicuous Capuchin monastery on the west with fine cloisters (partly destroyed by landslip, 1899) is now an hotel. Amalfi, first mentioned in the 6th century, soon became a naval power; in the 9th century it shared with Venice and Gaeta the Italian trade with the East, and in 848 its fleet went to the assistance of Pope Leo IV. against the Saracens. It was then an independent republic with a popu lation of some 70,000, but in 1131 it was reduced by Kirig Roger of Sicily. In 1135 and 1137 it was taken by the Pisans, and rapidly declined in importance, though its maritime code, known as the Tavole Amalfitane, was recognized in the Mediterranean until 1570. It now has no harbour.