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Salerno
Italy, officially the Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana, is a Southern European country comprising of the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is shaped like a boot and for this reason Italians commonly call it lo Stivale, the boot or, due to its prevalent peninsular geographical nature, la Penisola, the Peninsula.
Salerno is a city and a province capital in Campania, south-western Italy, located on the gulf of the same name on the Tyrrhenian Sea. The main town of the Costiera Amalfitana, it is mostly known in recent history for having hosted the king of Italy, who escaped from Rome in 1943 after Italy negotiated a peace with the Allies in World War II. A brief so-called government of the South was then established in the town. Some of the Allied landings during Operation Avalanche occurred near Salerno.
Salerno was an important center under the Ostrogoth domination of Italy. Moreover Manfred founded Saint Matthew's Fair, which was the most important in the South of Italy. From the 14th century onwards, most of the Salerno province became the territory of the Princes of Sanseverino, powerful feudal lords, who acted as real owners of the Region.
The economy of Salerno is chiefly based on services and tourism, as most of the city's manufacturing base did not survive the economic crisis of the 1970s. Salerno appears as a welcoming community for tourists from all over the world with its historical centre, where it is possible to esteem both the traces of its ancient history and the fervour of artisan shops and places for cultural and musical aggregation attended by thousands of people.
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