Salerno's Street Art Scene: Murals by Jorit, Giuseppe Amed, and Alice Pasquini

Key facts

• Jorit Agoch painted a mural on Sabatini-Menna High School of Art featuring a giant blue eye with 'PE' and 'CE' on the eyelid and a dove of peace.
• Parco Pinocchio has a sculpture of Pinocchio and murals related to the character by Carlo Collodi.
• Giuseppe Amed and McNenya painted 'Green Revolutions' on Via M. Iannicelli, sponsored by Toyota.
• Rione delle Fornelle is a historic neighbourhood in Salerno now covered with murals and poems.
• Giuseppe Amed painted a mural of poet Tommasso Guardati on Vicolo Masuccio Salernitano 60.
• Alfonso Gatto, born in Salerno in 1909, was an Italian poet arrested for anti-fascism.
• Mauro Trotta painted 'The Angel' on Vicolo dell'Angelo.
• Alice Pasquini painted a series at 'Scalinata dei mutilati' in 2014 with verses by Alfonso Gatto, sponsored by the Alfonso Gatto Foundation.
• Salerno cathedral Duomo di Santa Maria degli Angeli was built in the 11th century by the Normans and holds the body of Saint Matthew.
• Anna de Rosa painted a mural on Via Portacatena in 2022 on the Auser community centre.
• in5 painted a stencil of a woman with a red light on a metal electrical box in Rione delle Fornelle.
• A mural in Rione delle Fornelle features a Roman goddess and the words 'crescita', 'pureza', and 'viaggio'.