Petina (
Campanian
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: ) is a town and ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' in the
province of Salerno
The Province of Salerno ( it, Provincia di Salerno) is a province in the Campania region of Italy.
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Geography
The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 131,950; Cava de' Tirreni, Battipagli ...
in the
Campania
Campania (, also , , , ) is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the i ...
region of south-western
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
.
Geography
The town is located on the
Alburni
The Alburni are an Italian mountain range of the Province of Salerno, Campania, part of the Apennines. Due to their geomorphology, they are popularly known as the "''Dolomites of Campania''" or of Southern Italy. The highest mountain is the Pa ...
mountain range, close to
Basilicata
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region, and borders with the municipalities of
Auletta
Auletta is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
History
According to a legend retold by historian Giovan Battista Pacichelli, the name of Auletta would stem from Auleto, one of Aene ...
,
Corleto Monforte
Corleto Monforte (Campanian: ) is a town and ''comune'' with 615 residents in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
History
Corleto Monforte gets its name from the Latin word ''coryletum'', meaning "a thicket of h ...
,
Ottati
Ottati ( Cilentan: ''Utatte'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. As of 2011 its population was of 680.
History
The town was founded in the 12th century, presumably by shepherds who aban ...
,
Sant'Angelo a Fasanella
Sant'Angelo a Fasanella is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Geography
The town is located in the north-east of Cilento, close to the mountain range of the Alburni. Its municipal terri ...
and
Sicignano degli Alburni
Sicignano degli Alburni (also known simply as Sicignano) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.
History
The Roman war hero Lucius Sicinius Dentatus, of the gens Sicinia, founded Sicignano ...
.
It is served by the
A2 motorway (exit "Petina") and counts a railway station on the
Sicignano-Lagonegro line, a railway line closed in 1987 due to modernization works.
References
External links
Cities and towns in Campania
Localities of Cilento
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