The development of portual city between old and new portual architecture. The old port and the new port of Marina d’Arechi in Salerno

The paper wants to analyze, through the study of the shape and evolution of Salerno’s historical port, the possibilities of development and growth of the city characterized by the construction of new touristic port of Marina d’ Arechi. Moreover, comparing the configuration of the historical port from the beginning of the ‘900 at today, with the new architecture of the Port of Marina d' Arechi, the paper intend to analyze the relationship between old and new architecture port, and how these architecture relating to the city. Despite being a city overlooking the sea historically, Salerno has made this resources for tourism development and economic reason. From an old adage that "if Salerno could have the port Naples would be dead", it’s possible to understands the unspoken high potential of the city. The coastline and the current trading port built in the early '900 in a broader plan to redesign the city's urban, did not ensure economic growth in the years that could be create through the use of port resources. The ongoing construction of the new touristic port of Marina Arechi - Port Village , located in the south of Salerno, between the Amalfitan Coast and the Cilento ’s Coast, could open important setting for the touristic and economical growth of the city.