As remembered by a memorial tablet on the facade, this building of Salerno (Largo Plebiscito n. 12) was the last site of the Salerno Medical School. The ancient school was closed in 1811 by the then King of Naples, Gioacchino Murat, who transferred it to Naples.
The Italian text of the memorial tablet reads as follows: "LA SCUOLA MEDICA SALERNITANA / COME QUELLA DI MONTPELLIER / NELL' EVO MEDIO E NEL RINASCIMENTO/ AFFIDO' AL MARE MEDITERRANEO / IL SOFFIO ANIMATORE PER LE UNIVERSITA' / D'ITALIA, D'EUROPA E DEL MONDO. / FIERA DEL SUO UMANESIMO / SOPRAFFATTA DALLA SPERIMENTAZIONE / PIEGAVA I SUOI LAURI / IN QUESTA SEDE / L'ANNO DEL SIGNORE 1811. / COME INDISTINGUIBILE FIAMMA / IL SUO PENSIERO SOPRAVVIVE / IN CELEBRATE MEMORANDE SENTENZE / AUSPICE LA CITTA' DI SALERNO / ED IL XXVIII CONGRESSO ITALIANO DI ANATOMIA / CELEBRANDOSI IL VII ANNIVERSARIO / DEL GEMELLAGGIO MONTPELLIER-SALERNO / 27-9-'69".
A possible English translation is: "DURING THE MIDDLE AGE AND THE RENAISSANCE / SCHOLA MEDICA SALERNITANA / SUCH AS MONTPELLIER / GAVE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA / THE ANIMATION BREATH FOR THE UNIVERSITIES / OF ITALY, EUROPE AND ALL THE WORLD. / PROUD OF ITS HUMANITY / OVERPOWERED BY EXPERIMENTATION / PERSUADED ITS LAURI / THERE / THE YEAR OF LORD 1811. / AS AN INDISTINGUISHABLE FLAME / ITS THOUGHT SURVIVES / IN FAMOUS SENTENCES / HOPE FOR THE CITY OF SALERNO / AND THE XXVIII ITALIAN ANATOMY CONGRESS / CELEBRATING THE 7th ANNIVERSARY / OF MONTPELLIER-SALERNO TWINNING / 27-9-'69".
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