Page "Salerno" Paragraph 16

On December 13, 1076 the Norman conqueror Robert Guiscard, who had married Guaimar IV's daughter Sichelgaita, besieged Salerno and defeated his brother-in-law Gisulf.

This act put an end to hundreds of years of Lombard dominance, but did not check the city's vitality.

In this period the royal palace ( Castel Terracena ) and the magnificent Arab-Gothic style cathedral were built, and science was boosted as the Salerno Medical School, considered the most ancient medical institution of European West, reached its maximum splendour.