Mercato San Severino ( Sanseverinese: ) is a town and ''

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'' of the

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in the

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region of south-west

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. Mercato San Severino shares borders with the municipalities of

Baronissi Baronissi is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is home to a campus of the University of Salerno. History The town develops from the original old area named ''Casali''. Geograp ...

Bracigliano Bracigliano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. The municipality borders with Forino, Mercato San Severino, Montoro, Quindici and Siano Siano is a town and '' comune'' in the provi ...

Castel San Giorgio Castel San Giorgio (Campanian: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. In 2011, it had a population of 13,411. History The town, founded in 1810 and located near the site of the anci ...

Cava de' Tirreni Cava de' Tirreni (; Cilentan: ''A Càva'') is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, northwest of the town of Salerno. It lies in a richly cultivated valley surrounded by wooded hills, and is a pop ...

Fisciano Fisciano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is dominated by the University of Salerno, which built a new campus in the town in 1988. The municipality borders with Baronissi, Calvan ...

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Roccapiemonte Roccapiemonte (Campanian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Geography Located in the east of the Agro Nocerino Sarnese, it borders with the towns of Castel San Giorgio, Cava ...

and

Siano Siano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Geography The municipality has its borders with Bracigliano, Castel San Giorgio, Mercato San Severino, Quindici (Province of Avellino, AV) a ...

Transport

Mercato San Severino is served by two

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Mercato San Severino Mercato San Severino ( Sanseverinese: ) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. Mercato San Severino shares borders with the municipalities of Baronissi, Bracigliano, Castel San Giorgio, ...

is located in the middle of the town, on the lines Salerno-Mercato San Severino, Cancello-Benevento via Avellino and Mercato San Severino-Nocera Inferiore. On this second line is located the stop of

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, in the same-named suburb of Sant'Angelo in Macerata. It is served by the A30 motorway (

Salerno Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...

Caserta Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial, and industrial ''comune'' and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Camp ...

) at the same-named exit (located near Curteri), and also by the RA 02 (Salerno-

Avellino Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...

) at the exit "Fisciano-Mercato San Severino".

Twin towns

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(

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)

Personalities

Antonio Somma Antonio Somma (28 August 1809, Udine – 8 August 1864, Venice) was an Italian playwright who is most well known for writing the libretto of an opera which ultimately became Giuseppe Verdi's ''Un ballo in maschera'' in 1859. While a student, his tr ...

(1923-2005),

partisan Partisan may refer to: Military * Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon * Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line Films * ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film * ''Hell River'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also know ...

, Director of the

CGIL The Italian General Confederation of Labour (; CGIL) is a national trade union based in Italy. It was formed by agreement between socialists, communists, and Christian democrats in the "Pact of Rome" of June 1944. In 1950, socialists and Christi ...

trade union, official in the

Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party ( it, Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) was a communist political party in Italy. The PCI was founded as ''Communist Party of Italy'' on 21 January 1921 in Livorno by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). ...

from 1951 to 1989. *

Gennaro Maria Sarnelli Gennaro Maria Sarnelli (12 September 1702 – 30 June 1744) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Redemptorists. Sarnelli was one of Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori's earliest companions and a prolific writer on a range ...

(1702-1744), redemptorist, blessed.

Notes and references

External links

Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub