Minerva's Garden
Minerva's Garden is a terraced botanical garden in Salerno's old town, on the slope below Arechi Castle. In the early 14th century the physician Matteo Silvatico grew medicinal plants here for teaching at the Salerno Medical School. Restored by the city from 2000, it arranges plants by the medieval classification, and a long stair runs under a pergola on cruciform pillars.