Città della Ceramica
Città della Ceramica in Campania
4 towns
Campania has 4 Città della Ceramica communes in our index. They cluster in the Avellino, Benevento, and Salerno provinces.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Cerreto Sannita, Vietri sul Mare, and Ariano Irpino. 1 more town carries the mark alongside them.
Cerreto Sannita
Province: Benevento · 290 m
A Sannio ceramics town at 290 meters, rebuilt from scratch by royal engineer Giovanni Battista Manni after the 1688 earthquake leveled the old hill.
Vietri sul Mare
Province: Salerno · 80 m
The eastern end of the Amalfi Coast at 80 meters, the ceramics town since the fifteenth century, the gateway between Salerno and the cliff road.
Ariano Irpino
Province: Avellino · 788 m
The City of the Three Hills at 788 meters, where Roger II promulgated the Assizes of 1140 and majolica kilns still fire.
Calitri
Province: Avellino · 530 m
An Alta Irpinia ceramic town at 530 meters, half-emptied by the 1980 earthquake and rebuilt around Vinicio Capossela's Sponz Fest.
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