San Nicola
Above the front door is a wooden choir with a beautiful XVIII century pipe organ
Along the road that leads to the Gavitella beach, a few yards below the church of San Gennaro, a staircase leads to the small square in front of the Chapel of St. Nicholas. The church facade is simple, with a single door and a walled window with the effigy of St. Nicholas painted on tiles. Above, the façade ends with a baroque decoration and a central arch containing a 1672 bell. The interior has a single nave with a barreled vault and two windows at the top facing the sea. The Chapel has a simple stucco altar but a beautiful terracotta tiled floor with geometric designs and a floral panel at the center, typical of the Amalfi Coast.
On the seaside there is an ancient Roman urn now used for holy water, and immediately above the front door is a wooden choir with a beautiful pipe organ that was built in Naples in 1700.
Amalfi Coasting is a “pet project” of a community organization started in the town of Praiano in 2013. We developed this web site as a tool to invite people from all over the world to get to know our town, discover its "secrets" and embrace it not just as a great tourist destination but also as a community, with its people, its traditions and all of its offerings.
A Convent in Paradise
In the XVI century, Dominican monks moved from Naples to build a convent high above the sea, on the side of a mountain, with a great view of Positano and Capri
San Gennaro
This church is the only example of baroque architecture on the Coast
San Luca l'Evangelista
This Romanesque-style church is designed on a Latin cross plan with three naves
San Giovanni
As St John once was the saint patron of Praiano this was its main church
San Tommaso
A beautifully situated 16th century chapel with a great view
S.S. Annunziata a la Praia
The old church survived time and pirate incursions until a massive landslide destroyed it
Santa Maria di Costantinopoli
The small square in front of the church has a great 180-degree view of the coast from Capri and Positano
Santa Caterina di Alessandria
The original church probably dates back to the 11th century