Piazza Municipio is located in the heart of the Campolillo district. The square houses a War Memorial around which rest a large anchor, chains and a cannon that belonged to the ‘Amalfi’ cruiser.
A decision to build the War Memorial was taken in 1922. The work was initially commissioned from the Roman artist Elisabetta De Maio, and was to be built in the port area. However, the architect Enrico Sangermano then took over the project and amended it to the current memorial, moving it from the port to its current position. The memorial consists of an obelisk covered with blocks of pietrarsa and white marble slabs with dedications and the names of soldiers who died during the two wars inscribed onto them.
The square is bordered by typical multi-storey buildings, some set against the lower part of the rock face of Monte Aureo, on which Torre dello Ziro and the colonnade of the city’s monumental cemetery stand.
Remains of the ancient Domus Campolillo – an aristocratic residence built in the 11th century and renovated in the 13th century – are preserved among the houses in the north-eastern part of the square. On the northern side, we have Largo della Zecca, which branches off into Salita Sopramuro, leading to the monumental cemetery, and Supportico S. Andrea.
Opposite the Town Hall, on the east side of Piazza Municipio, stands the Church of S. Maria Annunziata, founded in 1349, around which the female Monastery of SS. Nicola and Elena was built in the early 17th century.
