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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] |
