Tramonti was perhaps founded by the Romans. It was an important town of the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, an important trading power in the Mediterranean between 839 AD and around 1200 AD.[citation needed]
Main sights
Cappella Rupestre (Chapel in the Rock), in the village of Gete. A 13th century church in a slight hollow of the rock, housing tombs cut into the rocky side.
Church of the Ascension
Church of Sant'Elia (Church of St. Elia), in the village of Sant'Elia.
Church of San Giovanni (Church of St. John), in the village of Polvica.
Church of Pietro Apostolo (Church St. Peter Apostle), in the village of Figlino.
Church of Sant'Erasmo
Castle of Montalto and Hermitage of St. Catherine, at Paterno sant'Elia. It was built by the Republic of Amalfi on a cliff of the Monti Lattari to protect its territories from the northern side. It was stormed by the Normans in 1127 when the latter conquered the Republic.
Castle of Santa Maria La Nova. It was built around 1457 by Raimondo Orsini, Prince of Salerno and overlord of the Duchy of Amalfi. A rectangular base was fortified by ten small square towers and seven ramparts, only some of which still stands.
Convent of Saint Francis, founded in 1474.
Monastery of St. Joseph and St. Teresa, built in 1662