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::The ancient stairs race :. |
 
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 When people of Amalfi saw the paper produced by the Arabians, they seized the secret to manifacture it...
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 During the 40s somebody from Amalfi thought of a way to celebrate the old times of the Marine Republic, so the procession of Saint Andrew with the cathedral's stairs race was born... |
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::Traveling by the sea :. |
 The history hand down us a war event, which, not only the Amalphitain ships, but also Genua and Pisa ones(other Mariner Rupublic) partecipated, all together. the Alliance among... |
 Do you know, how much time it took for a merchant boat from Alessandria of Egypt to reach Amalfi... |
| ::The cross of Malta :. |
::The knights of Malta :. |
 The cross we know as "Cross of Malta" is a "octagon" cross (with 8 points), its origin is byzantine, probably from the VI century... |
 The first monastic knights order of history was the Cavalieri Ospedalieri of San Giovanni of Jerusalemn. It was founded by a citizen of Scala, a town near Amalfi... |
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