Handicraft boasts a very ancient tradition in Campania. There are many various different forms of craftsmanship, all unique and historically valuable. One part of them has been directed to face the everyday needs while the other one has been developted to satisfy the demands of refined well-off customers. The sovereigns themselves used to give an impulse to the local activities as Charles III of Bourbon did for his sake of art. Many forms of handicraft has not changed in the long run and have achieved the utmost level of artistic value. Two of these are the production of china in Capodimonte and ceramics in Vietri sul Mare. They subsequently developted in the nearby centres like Nocera, Cava dei Tirreni and Salerno as well. Since Middle Ages the inhabitants of Amalfi used to trade with Arabians who teached them many forms of art. One of these was the production of “the paper of Amalfi” for which the city became an important rich centre. At the present time the only two local paper-mills in activity keep an high quality paper making standard. Their hand-made paper is as refined as the ones showed at the Paper Museum. Diving for coral has been practised along the Neapolitan coast since ancient times. For many centuries the coral has been considered a vegetable owing to its branched form. Many legends deal with its origin and one in particular says that it comes from the blood of Gorgon’s head cut by Perseus. The fine art of creating cameos (small pieces of hard stone with a raised design) dates to the third century b.C. and has kept unchanged till now. The art of weaving was born in 1789 thanks to Ferdinand IV of Bourbons. Indeed the valuable fabrics like silk, velvet and brocade were intended only for the Bourbon sovereigns and the Neapolitan nobility. Information about the Neapolitan Christmas crib already dates from 1205. History says that the art of making cribs developted owing to the demand of aristocrats who wanted to celebrate Christmas watching scenes of everyday life. Nowadays you can admire the extraordinary exhibition of Christmas cribs along San Gregorio Armeno Street from autumn to Christmas-time. Some typical forms of Campanian craftsmanship are connected with folklore like during the “Feast of Lilys” in Nola. In Sorrento the art of inlaying or “tarsia” has been handed from father to son for centuries and subsequently developted in all Neapolitan areas. There are many typical important realities which do not follow the law of supply and demand like the working of straw (interlaced) which is strictly connected with the folkloristic feast of Madonna Addolorata in Mirabella Eclano. Talking about drink and food we can not forget the famous nougat of Benevento, the typical cake called “pastiera” of Neaples, the other cakes called “zeppole” and the well-known “sfusato” lemon of Amalfi.