The Salerno maritime station it is located on the Manfredi pier of the commercial port of the city of Salerno. In 2013 the Ministry of Cultural Heritage has included the maritime station of Salerno in the selected group of high quality architectural projects.
The Salerno Maritime Station, the ideal landing place for cruise passengers
The oyster-shaped building projected towards the sea, which reflects his ideal of architecture, indeed, presents curved shapes, elongated structures with multiple perspective points and fragmented geometry.
The Maritime Station is destined to become one of the symbols of the city of Salerno together with the great Piazza della Libertà. The maritime station, Sara inaugurated on Monday 25 April 2016, thanks to the beach nourishment of the entire city promenade and the restructuring of the tourist landing places, they will allow you to fully experience the strong bond that binds the city of Salerno to the sea. Another feature, which makes the tourist terminal unique, are the leds and i roof coverings with ceramic tiles. Therefore, the work was structurally completed in 2015, is waiting to be inaugurated for the cruise season 2016/2017.
The history of the Salerno Maritime Station
The maritime station was commissioned in 2000 by the former mayor Vincenzo De Luca to meet the growing demand for the cruise landing of various companies, come MSC Cruises, Royal Caribbean e Costa Crociere. The municipal administration, at the end of an international competition of ideas, instructed the architect Zaha Hadid, with the task of creating a modern and functional maritime station.
Thanks to its strategic position, barycentric between the Amalfi Coast and the Cilento coast, and the proximity of the islands of Capri and Ischia, as well as the excavations of Paestum and the archaeological site of Pompeii, the maritime station of Salerno is an ideal landing place for cruise traffic.
