Piazza Duomo

The striped facade of the Cathedral of Saint Andrew dominates the Piazza Duomo, its geometric patterns of dark volcanic stone and white limestone gleaming against the Amalfi hillside. This structure rose in the ninth century to house the relics of the Apostle Andrew, brought here by returning crusaders. When a local sailor named Pietro Capuano returned with the saint's bones in twelve oh eight, the town transformed into a major pilgrimage site, forever altering the scale and ambition of this central square.