Scala, Kingdom of Naples

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Scala, in the former Kingdom of Naples, is a historic town on Italy’s Amalfi Coast known as one of the region’s oldest settlements and a center of medieval religious and commercial activity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
borderedBy Amalfi
Atrani
Gragnano
Pimonte
Ravello
linked to: Ravello, Italy
continent Europe
country Italy
countryDuringMiddleAges Kingdom of Naples
elevation approximately 400–500 metres above sea level
hasEconomicActivity lemon cultivation
olive cultivation
small-scale agriculture
tourism
hasHeritageStatus part of Amalfi Coast UNESCO World Heritage Site
hasMunicipalStatus comune
hasSubdivision Campidoglio
Minuta
Pontone
San Pietro
Santa Caterina
Scala Centro
heritageDesignationBy UNESCO
heritageDesignationYear 1997
historicalAffiliation Duchy of Amalfi
Kingdom of Naples
Kingdom of Sicily
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
historicalRole center of medieval religious life on the Amalfi Coast
center of medieval trade on the Amalfi Coast
isOneOf oldest settlements on the Amalfi Coast
knownFor historic architecture
medieval commercial activity
medieval religious activity
localLanguage Neapolitan
locatedIn Amalfi Coast
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Campania
Province of Salerno
locatedInTimePeriod Middle Ages
locatedNear Amalfi
Atrani
Ravello
linked to: Ravello, Italy
locatedOn Lattari Mountains slopes
linked to: Lattari Mountains
nowIn Italian Republic
officialLanguage Italian
overlooks Tyrrhenian Sea
partOf former Kingdom of Naples
linked to: Kingdom of Naples
regionType hill town
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism

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