Piano Vetrale,Territory and history of Orria
(municipal website) also shortened as Vetrale or Piano, is a southern

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village and hamlet (''

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

'') of

Orria Orria is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of South-western Italy. As of 2011, its population was of 1161. History The origins of town, around the 6th century, are uncertain, and possibly related to the destr ...

, a municipality in the

province of Salerno The Province of Salerno ( it, Provincia di Salerno) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. __TOC__ Geography The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 131,950; Cava de' Tirreni, Battipagli ...

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 ...

. As of 2011, its population was of 475.

History

The origin of the toponym comes from ''Planus'' (referred to the high plain in which it lies) and ''Veteres'' (referred to its founders, some veterans of the

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from

Gioi Gioi is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. As of 2011 its population was of 1,339. History The comune of Gioi has a history that dates back well over 1000 years. The first permanent in ...

). The village, originally named ''Piano del Cilento'', is part of the municipality of Orria since 1801 and was divided into two separated settlements (''Piano'' and ''Vetrale'') until the 1960s. Piano Vetrale became a "painted town" with large ''

murales The Orgosolo mural ( sc, murales) is the mural painted in Orgosolo, Province of Nuoro, in Sardinia, Italy. It is being investigated based on historical and anthropological approach. Background The village of Orgosolo is located about 17 miles from ...

'' outside the houses, at the end of the 1970s, following the idea of the Sicilian artist Pino Crisanti.The murales of Piano Vetrale
(Orria municipal website)

Geography

Located in the middle of

Cilento Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important Tourism, tourist area of southern Italy. Cilento is known as one of the centers of Mediterranean diet. Geograph ...

and transcluded into its national park, Piano Vetrale is a hill village that spans on a

ridge A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ...

upon the valley of Alento river's source. It is divided into the quarters of Piano (west) and Vetrale (east), contiguous and divided by a little valley, named ''Vallone di Sabato''. Piano Vetrale lies between

(3.5 km west),

(4 km southeast) and

Stio Stio is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. As of 2016, its population was 872. History The village was founded in the beginnings of the 11th century. The origin of the name is debated, ...

(6.5 km east), and is connected to them by the provincial road SP56/B. The village is 7.3 km far from

Perito Perito ( Cilentan: ''Prito'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. As of 2011 its population was of 1,007. History In the Middle Ages Perito had an important role as fortified town in ...

, 7.7 from

Ostigliano Ostigliano is a southern Italian village and the only hamlet (''frazione'') of Perito, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2011, its population was 431. History The village, whose toponym comes from the Latin word ''Hostili ...

, 8 from Gorga, 9 from

Cardile Cardile is a southern Italian village and the only hamlet (''frazione'') of Gioi, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2009 its population was of 614. History The village was founded in the 11th century, around an ancient '' ...

, 10 from Casino Lebano (the other hamlet of Orria), and 17 from

Vallo della Lucania Vallo della Lucania (commonly known simply as ''Vallo'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It lies in the middle of Cilento and its population is 8,680.Paolo de Matteis Paolo de Matteis (also known as ''Paolo de' Matteis''; 9 February 1662 – 26 January 1728) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Piano Vetrale, a hamlet of Orria, in the current Province of Salerno, and died in Naples. He trained wit ...

(1662-1728), painter

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{{authority control Frazioni of the Province of Salerno Localities of Cilento

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