Church of San Michele Arcangelo

The church of San Benedetto has its origins in the Benedictine Abbey of San Benedetto, the most important in Salerno. As the abbey was abolished by Napoleonic laws in 1807, the abbey church was transformed into a theatre. In 1845 the place was handed over to Archbishop Marino Paglia who entrusted the restoration work to the architect Giovanni Rosalba. The work was completed in 1857 and the church became the parish church of the Holy Crucifix. Ten years later, the anticlerical mayor of the time, Matteo Luciani, had the church transformed into a residence for military troops. It was only in 1963 that the church was returned to the clergy, while the monastery continues to be, even today, a military barracks.

The church of San Gregorio was built around the year 1000 during the Lombard period. In the 18th century, in order to facilitate access to the nearby Palazzo Pinto, a dilapidated wing was demolished. The church was desecrated and now houses the virtual museum of the Salerno Medical School.

The cathedral of Salerno was built in Romanesque style between 1080 and 1085, and then modified several times. The façade and the bell tower, redesigned in Baroque style, were restored to their original appearance in the 1950s and are now of great historical and artistic value. They are an important testimony to the Byzantine-Norman fusion of the period.