The complex Abbey of St. Maria de Olearia represented, in the Middle Ages of Maiori, one of the biggest and more Important ecclesiastical sediments, especially thanks to numerous appearances on the territory of monasteries. Its foundation dates back to the first archbishop of Amalfi, Leone, granting to Peter, a hermit monac looking for peace and solitude, to edify the church of Santa Maria dell’Olearia in the place where occurred the processing of oil.

At first it was Benedictine Abbey and then it was called ” de Olearia ” because it was sorrounded by fertile olive trees. The last abbot died in 1509 after which it was abandoned. The abbey is composes of three overlapping chapels, where it’s possible to admire magnificent and important murals of Medieval era.