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Ispani
Ispani is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Geography Located in southern Cilento, Ispani is a hilltown nearby the Cilentan Coast, few km far from Sapri, Policastro and Villammare. The municipality borders with Santa Marina and Vibonati and counts two hamlets (''frazioni''): Capitello, by the sea, and San Cristoforo on the hill. History The first documented traces of populations in the municipal territory date back to the Norman period of southern Italy, after King Roger I built here a castle (now largely disappeared) in 1055. The presence of the Aragonese with a lookout tower dates back to the second half of the 16th century, built to prevent the assaults of the Saracen pirates, like the others built by Gaeta in Reggio Calabria. To escape from pirate raids and malaria, the population periodically withdrew towards the hinterland, climbing along the steep hills where today the towns of Ispani and San Cristoforo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capitello
Capitello is a southern Italian village and hamlet (''frazione'') of Ispani, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2009 its population was of 626. History The village, whose name means "capital" (the architectural element) in Italian, was a municipality before 1861, when it became a hamlet of Ispani. From 1928 to 1948 it became the seat of a new municipality that included Santa Marina, Ispani and Policastro. Geography Capitello is located in southern Cilento, on the Gulf of Policastro, next to the borders of Basilicata. It stretches along the Cilentan Coast, by the Tyrrhenian Sea, between the nearby villages of Policastro and Villammare (both 3 km far). It is 2 km far from Ispani, 4 from San Cristoforo, 6 from Santa Marina and Vibonati and 7 from Sapri. Crossed by the national highway SS18 in the middle, and by the railway line linking Naples and Salerno to Reggio Calabria, Capitello had a minor train station closed in early 2000s. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Policastro Bussentino
Policastro Bussentino (or simply Policastro) is an Italian town and hamlet (''frazione'') of the municipality of Santa Marina (of which it is its seat) in the province of Salerno, Campania region. It is a former bishopric, now titular see, and has a population of 1,625. History The town was founded in 470 or 471 BC as ''Pixous'' ( grc, Πυξοῦς), by Micythus ( grc, Μίκυθος), the tyrant of Rhegion and Messena. It has been a Latin Rite bishopric twice, as Bussento ( la, Buxentum) and as Policastro, and remains a Catholic titular see as "Capo della Foresta". During the fascist period, with the union of municipalities of Ispani and Santa Marina, Policastro became a hamlet of Capitello. Geography The town is located on the southern side of Cilento, not too far from the national park, in the middle of the Gulf of Policastro on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Situated by the estuary of river Bussento, it is 10 km far (north) from Sapri, 5 from Santa Marina, 4 from Scario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Marina, Campania
Santa Marina is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Geography The municipality, located in southern Cilento, borders with Ispani, Morigerati, San Giovanni a Piro, Torre Orsaia, Tortorella and Vibonati. Santa Marina counts 3 hamlets (''frazioni''): Lupinata, Policastro Bussentino and Poria. Policastro is the most populated municipal settlement and a sea resort. See also *Cilento *Cilentan Coast The Cilento Coast (Italian: ''Costiera Cilentana'') is an Italian stretch of coastline in Cilento, on the southern side of the Province of Salerno. It is situated between the gulfs of Salerno and Policastro, extending from the municipalities o ... References External links Official website Cities and towns in Campania Localities of Cilento {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cilentan Coast
The Cilento Coast (Italian: ''Costiera Cilentana'') is an Italian stretch of coastline in Cilento, on the southern side of the Province of Salerno. It is situated between the gulfs of Salerno and Policastro, extending from the municipalities of Capaccio-Paestum in the north-west, to Sapri in the south-east. It is particularly known for its almost unspoiled natural landscapes and the very high cleanliness of its waters. Geography There are 16 municipalities composing the coast, but only two (Agropoli and Sapri) are directly located by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and other two (Ascea and Pisciotta) have got their ''Marinas'' very close to the towns. Other localities are ''frazioni'' of hillside municipalities. *Agropoli, with the municipal seat and Mattine *Ascea, with Velia and Marina di Ascea *Camerota, with Marina di Camerota *Capaccio, with Torre Kernot, Laura, Paestum and Licinella *Casal Velino, with Marina di Casalvelino *Castellabate, with Santa Maria, San Marco, Licosa and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villammare
Villammare is a southern Italian village and the only hamlet (''frazione'') of Vibonati, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2009 its population was of 1,024. History Anciently named ''Petrasia'', the village has developed urbanistically in 1950's due to sea tourism. Geography Villammare is located in southern Cilento, on the Gulf of Policastro, few km to the borders of Basilicata. It stretches along the Cilentan Coast, by the Tyrrhenian Sea, between the nearby village of Capitello (3 km far) and the town of Sapri (4 km). It is 3 km far from Vibonati, 4,5 from Ispani, 6 from Policastro and 11 from Tortorella. Crossed by the national highway SS18 in north, parallel to the railway line linking Naples and Salerno to Reggio Calabria, Villammare had a minor train station, named "Vibonati", closed in 2002. Culture From 2002 the village hosts a short film festival for newcomer directors, named ''Villammare Film Festival'', or ''Mediterraneoincorto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vibonati
Vibonati ( Cilentan: ''Livunati'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Geography Located in southern Cilento, Vibonati is a hilltown nearby the Cilentan Coast, few km far from Sapri, Capitello and Policastro. The municipality borders with Casaletto Spartano, Ispani, Santa Marina, Sapri, Torraca and Tortorella. It as a single hamlet, (''frazione''), the coastal village of Villammare. See also *Cilentan dialect *Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park (Italian language, Italian ''Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni'') is an List of National Parks of Italy, Italian national park in the Province of Salerno, in Campania in souther ... References External links Cities and towns in Campania Localities of Cilento {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italo-Norman
The Italo-Normans ( it, Italo-Normanni), or Siculo-Normans (''Siculo-Normanni'') when referring to Sicily and Southern Italy, are the Italian-born descendants of the first Norman conquerors to travel to southern Italy in the first half of the eleventh century. While maintaining much of their distinctly Norman piety and customs of war, they were shaped by the diversity of southern Italy, by the cultures and customs of the Greeks, Lombards, and Arabs in Sicily. History Normans first arrived in Italy as pilgrims, probably on their way to or returning from either Rome or Jerusalem, or from visiting the shrine at Monte Gargano, during the late tenth and early eleventh centuries. In 1017, the Lombard lords in Apulia recruited their assistance against the dwindling power of the Byzantine Catapanate of Italy. They soon established vassal states of their own and began to expand their conquests until they were encroaching on the Lombard principalities of Benevento and Capua, Saracen- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cilento And Vallo Di Diano National Park
Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park (Italian language, Italian ''Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni'') is an List of National Parks of Italy, Italian national park in the Province of Salerno, in Campania in southern Italy. It includes much of the Cilento, the Vallo di Diano and the Monti Alburni. It was founded in 1991, and was formerly known as the Parco Nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano. History The park was officially instituted on December 6, 1991 to protect the territory of Cilento from building speculation and mass tourism. Originally named Parco Nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano, in 1998 it became a World Heritage Site of UNESCO, also with the ancient Greek towns of Paestum, Velia and the Padula Certosa di Padula, Charterhouse. The other natural reserves instituted in the area of the park are the "Natural reserve of Foce Sele (river), Sele-Tanagro" (created in 1993, with the Oasis of Persano) and the "Maritime reserve of Licosa, Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cilentan Dialect
The Cilentan dialect (in it, Cilentano, in Cilentan: or ) is a Neapolitan dialect spoken in the area of Cilento, located in the southern part of the Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. Influences It has been influenced, especially in the Vallo di Diano and in central Cilento, by the Basilicata language as spoken in Potenza and part of its Province of Potenza. In the towns of northern Cilento close to the urban area of Salerno (for example Agropoli, Capaccio and Paestum), the language is mainly influenced by Neapolitan, more specifically by the Salernitan dialect. In the southern corner of Cilento, the language is largely influenced by Sicilian, particularly the Calabrian variety of Sicilian. See also *Lucania * Cilento *Vallo di Diano *Cilentan Coast * Cilento National Park *Province of Salerno *Irpinian dialect The Irpinian dialect, or Irpino, is the dialect of Neapolitan language spoken in almost all of the comuni in the Province of Avellino in the Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Christopher
Saint Christopher ( el, Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος, ''Ágios Christóphoros'') is veneration, venerated by several Christianity, Christian denominations as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd-century Roman Empire, Roman emperor Decius (reigned 249–251) or alternatively under the emperor Maximinus Daia (reigned 308–313). There appears to be confusion due to the similarity in names "Decius" and "Daia". Churches and monasteries were named after him by the 7th century. One day he carried a child, who was unknown to him, across a river before the child revealed himself as Christ. Therefore, he is the patron saint of travelers, and small images of him are often worn around the neck, on a bracelet, carried in a pocket, or placed in vehicles by Christians. Historicity Probably the most important source of the historicity of Christophorus is a stone inscription published by Louis Duchesne in 1878. The copy of the stone inscription and the first publication took place o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant'Antonio Di Padova
Sant'Antonio, Italian for Saint Anthony, most often refers to places named after Saint Anthony of Padua or Sant'Antonio Abate: People Places Switzerland *Sant'Antonio, Bellinzona, municipality in canton of Ticino * Sant'Antonio (Poschiavo), civil parish of Poschiavo, in canton of Graubünden * St. Antönien, municipality in canton of Graubünden * St. Antönien Ascharina (or Ascharina), civil parish of St. Antönien, in canton of Graubünden Italy Churches in Italy * Basilica di Sant'Antonio di Padova, basilica church and major shrine in Padua, Veneto *Sant'Antonio di Padova a Circonvallazione Appia, church in Rome, Lazio * Sant'Antonio, church in Faenza, province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna *Sant'Antonio in Polesine, convent in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna *Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana, minor basilica church in Rome, Lazio *Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana, church in Rome, Lazio *Sant'Antonio dei Portoghesi, church in Rome, Lazio *Sant'Antonio da Padova, oratory in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Rocco
Roch (lived c. 1348 – 15/16 August 1376/79 (traditionally c. 1295 – 16 August 1327, also called Rock in English, is a Catholic saint, a confessor whose death is commemorated on 16 August and 9 September in Italy; he is especially invoked against the plague. He has the designation of Rollox in Glasgow, Scotland, said to be a corruption of Roch's Loch, which referred to a small loch once near a chapel dedicated to Roch in 1506. He is a patron saint of dogs, invalids, falsely accused people, bachelors, and several other things. He is the patron saint of Dolo (near Venice) and Parma, as well as Casamassima, Cisterna di Latina and Palagiano (Italy). He is also the patron saint of the town of Albanchez, in Almeria, southern Spain. Saint Roch is known as "São Roque" in Portuguese, as "Sant Roc" in Catalan, as "San Roque" in Spanish (including in former colonies of the Spanish colonial empire such as the Philippines) and as "San Rocco" in Italian. Etymology Roch is given diffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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