|
6000 BC |
Humans utilize the La Porta cave |
|
500 BC |
Acheans use the beach at Positano as a
safe resting point |
|
100 BC |
Roman Villa built by unknown |
|
79 AD |
Vesuvius eruption initiates land slide
that buries Roman Villa |
|
800 AD |
Benedictine friars establish community
in the Abbey of Santa Maria e San Vito. |
|
994 AD |
Selectus appointed as
abbot of S. Mariae
de Positano |
|
1000 AD |
Benedictine Abbey of Santa Maria e San
Vito is included in the Congregation of Cava
dei Tireni |
|
1131 |
Norman conquest marks the beginning of
the decline of the naval forces of
Amalfi.
Positano naval forces grow in strength and
importance. |
|
1136-1137 |
Naval forces
of
Pisa repeatedly sack
Amalfi and Positano. |
|
1282 |
Twenty year war with Sicilian Vespers
begins |
|
1332 |
Robert of Anjou builds Positano Guard
Towers |
|
1341 |
Positano fleet assists Robert of Anjou
in the siege of Millazzo. |
|
1343 |
Death of Robert of Anjou frees the
inhabitants of Positano from servitude to
the Monastery |
|
1348-1386 |
Power struggles by Joan I, Louis the
great, Charles III, and Louis of Anjou mark
this politically instable period where
control of Positano is strained. |
|
1414 |
Positano becomes part of the Kingdom of
Naples under Joan II |
|
1450 - 1698 |
Feudal barons enforce rigid control over
Amalfi perpetuating economic crisis. |
|
1699 |
Positano pays off Barons to become a
free town once more |
|
1784 |
D. Liborius Marra, the last Commendatory
Abbot of S. Maria, dies |
|
1840 |
Road to Meta construction begins |
|
1950 |
Trasita tower, near Fornillo beach,
restored |
|
Today |
Economic
prosperity based on retail and tourism
business |
