Amalfi is the main town and the historical soul of the Coast which offers hospitality for many tourists. It was a prosperous Maritime Republic in the Mediterranean Sea particularly in the X and the  XII century. Amalfi was rich and good populated. The traffic with the Far East was very intensive. The “Regata storica delle antiche Repubblica Marinare” (Historical Regatta of the ancient Maritime Republics”) evokes every four years the old times of the powerful Maritime Republic. Amalfi conserves its splendid Cathedral in enchanting position on the top of a flight of steps, surrounded by the buildings of the small square, that lends a special atmosphere to the historical center.