La Trinità della Cava
The Abbey of the Holy Trinity of Cava de' Tirreni is a Benedictine abbey founded in the 11th century and raised to the status of a territorial abbey in 1394, thus having the status of an abbey cathedral. The founder of Cava Abbey was Saint Alferius, a nobleman from Salerno who was trained at the Abbey of Cluny. In 1011 he retired to the great Arsiccia Cave to spend a hermit's life, which attracted many followers in order to build a small monastery, the original nucleus of today's abbey.