The Norman Tower

The Norman Tower is the biggest and the oldest one in the Amalfi Coast. Built between 1250 and 1300, it represents a rare example of an “increased” tower, moreover it may be considered
a wonderful anomaly since it is a strategic stronghold for the whole chain of coastal towers meant to sight pirate-ships coming from the south.

The Norman Tower is therefore a demonstration of the extreme flexibility of the coast tower defensive system which preserved its peculiar features even if a structure like a fortress would have been more suitable.

Nowadays the tower presents an internal partition perfectly fit to the needs of modern restoration, in fact, it was probably modified to this end in the last century already. Its excellent state allows an excellent architectural interpretability.