Mediterranean Cliff Villas: Top Photos

Whitewashed terraces above the sea where simplicity becomes sublime

Atrani, on the Amalfi Coast near Naples in Southern Italy. World Heritage Site since 1997.
Atrani from the sea — the view these villages were designed to present. From the road above, you see parking lots. From the water, you understand why people have been building here for three thousand years. © Paolo Costa Baldi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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