in which it was built) dating to before the year 1000. The church contains the Bove pulpit, dateable to 1200–1230, incorporated as mosaic fragments Raqqa bacini. The small church of Santa Maria a Gradillo (11th century). It has a basilica plan, with an apse and two aisles. Sanctuary of Sts. Cosmas and Damian (14th century) La Rondinaia (The Swallow's Nest), built in the 1930s on a cliff face, the villa was the Italian residence of Gore Vidal until 2004. Culture The town has served historically as a destination for artists, musicians, and writers, including Giovanni Boccaccio, Richard Wagner, Edvard Grieg, M. C. Escher, Virginia Woolf, Greta Garbo, Gore Vidal, André Gide, Joan Miró, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Graham Greene, Jacqueline Kennedy, Leonard Bernstein and Sara Teasdale (who mentioned it in her prefatory dedication in Love Songs). Every year in the summer months, the "Ravello Festival" takes place. It began in 1953 in honour of Richard Wagner. The 1953 film Beat the Devil, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, and Gina Lollobrigida in her English language debut, was shot in Ravello. An extended scene of Bogart and Jones romancing was filmed on the Terrazza dell'lnfinito at the Villa Cimbrone. Transportation Ravello can be reached from the 163 Amalfitana State Road by private car. The town centre is also served by the 511006 bus. See also Amalfi Coast Sorrentine Peninsula Villa Cimbrone Villa Rufolo References External links Official website Ravello Tourism Board Ravello Travel Guide about Ravello, Italy Ravello Concert Society Official website of the Chamber Music Festival. Ravello Festival official website Cities and towns in Campania Amalfi Coast Hilltowns in Campania Catholic titular sees in Europe