Valley of the paper mills and the Museum - one of the most popular attractions of the famous Italian resort of Amalfi. The valley is located on a hill just above the city, and for centuries has been known as a local center for the production of paper. This craft Amalfi residents have borrowed from the Arabs, and they in turn borrowed it from the Chinese. In the 12th century it appeared in Amalfi one of the first European factories producing paper from cotton and linen - they were converted from a pasta factory. However, soon, at the beginning of the 13th century, the Sicilian King Frederick II forbade the use of such paper, preferring the more traditional sheepskin parchment.

Despite this, production gradually to exist and develop, and in the 19th century along the Amalfi Coast to work more than a dozen paper mills. Only in the mid-20th century because of the flood almost all the factories were closed and converted into homes. And one of them built in the 15th century, in 1969 was discovered an interesting museum of paper. The initiator of the museum was Nicola Milano, owner of the factory, and a representative of the Amalfi families have long been engaged in the production of paper.

Today in the museum you can see an ancient samples of paper to meet its production process, which is done by hand, and see the restored mechanisms involved in this process. On the ground floor there is a small library and a thematic exhibition of photographs and historical documents. Usually tour lasts about 20 minutes and after that you can walk around the neighborhood of the museum and walk down to Amalfi, the picturesque Piazza Duomo and the noisy Via Genoa.