Contributions appreciated

“Explored by the Greeks in the sixth century B.C., settled by the Romans, mauled by the Pisans (1135), and favored by sybarites ever since, the Amalfi Coast has miraculously survived in large measure intact. Positano is one of its jewels. Its mist-shrouded, rugged mountain backdrop is unharassed by man, its juncture with the sea is considerate. Its ‘architecture without architects’ (Bernard Rudofsky) is respectful, its whitewashed, oft cubic forms echoing the Mediterranean vernacular.”

— G. E. Kidder Smith. Looking at Architecture. p62.