CAVA DEI TIRRENI, a town and episcopal see of Cam pania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 6 m. N.W. by rail from the town of Salerno. Pop. (1931), town, 10,727; commune, 30,508. It lies fairly high in a richly cultivated valley, surrounded by wooded hills, and is a favourite resort. A mile to the south west is the village of Corpo di Cava (1,97o ft.), with the Bene dictine abbey of La Trinita della Cava, founded in 1025 by St. Alferius. The church and the greater part of the buildings were entirely modernized in 1796. The old Gothic cloisters are pre served. The archives, now national property, include documents ancr MSS. of great value.
M. Morcaldi, Codex Diplomaticus Cavensis (1873-1893) has published many important documents relating to the abbey.