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Licosa is a southern
Italian
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village and hamlet (''
frazione
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'') of
Castellabate
Castellabate ( Cilentan: ''Castiellabbate'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
History
The area was inhabited since Upper Palaeolithic times. In early medieval times, the current ...
, a municipality 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 ...
,
Campania
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. As of 2009 its population was of 82.
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History
The toponym derives from the Greek
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word Λευκωσία (Leukosia, Lefkosía in Modern Greek
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), meaning "white". A legend says that Leucosia was one of the three mythological sirens met by Ulysses
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in the ''Odyssey
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''. The toponym is therefore related to Nicosia
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( gr, Lefkosía, tr, Lefkoşa), capital of Cyprus
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, and to Nicosia
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, a town in Sicily
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The area, inhabited since the Upper Paleolithic
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, was settled by Oenotrians
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, Lucani (''Leukànoi''), Greeks
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and Romans
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; as witnessed by the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Leucosia, or Leukothèa. In 846 it was the site of a naval battle between the Saracen
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s and the Duchy of Naples
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with allies.
The medieval fief of Licosa, established by the abbot Constabilis
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He was born around 1070 at Tresino, in Lucania (c ...
in 1123, was part of the baronage
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of '' Castello dell'Abate'', and was administered by the abbots of La Trinità della Cava
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.
Geography
Licosa is located in northern Cilento
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Cilento is known as one of the centers of Mediterranean diet.
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, by the Tyrrhenian Coast, in a rural area and forest topped by Mount Licosa (326 m). The village, composed of 3 sections named Licosa I, Licosa II and Licosa III, lies nearby a cape named Punta Licosa. In front of the cape, that counts a little harbor, is located the ''Isola Licosa'' (Licosa Island), an islet that hosts a lighthouse.
The village, located between San Marco
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(3 km north) and Ogliastro Marina
Ogliastro Marina, sometimes shortened as ''Ogliastro'', is a southern Italian village and hamlet (''frazione'') of Castellabate, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2009 its population was of 172.
History
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(4 km south), is 6 km far from Santa Maria, 7 from Castellabate
Castellabate ( Cilentan: ''Castiellabbate'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
History
The area was inhabited since Upper Palaeolithic times. In early medieval times, the current ...
, 8 from Case del Conte
Case del Conte, sometimes also spelled ''Casa del Conte'', is a southern Italian village and hamlet (''frazione'') of Montecorice, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2009 its population was of 235.
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, 19 from Agropoli
Agropoli is a town and ''comune'' located in the Cilento area of the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. It is situated at the start of the Cilentan Coast, on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
History Pre-medieval period
The promontory on which Agropoli s ...
and 73 from Salerno
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.
Natural environment
Licosa's territory belongs to the National Park of Cilento and its coastline, characterized the flysch
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rocks, is part of the marine protected area
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of Santa Maria di Castellabate
Santa Maria di Castellabate ( Cilentan: ''A Marina'') is a southern Italian town and hamlet (''frazione'') of Castellabate, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. It is the most populated ''frazione'' of its ''comune'' and the seat o ...
.[Marine Protected Area of Santa Maria di Castellabate]
(parks.it) The territory, far from urban settlements, is surrounded by maquis shrubland
220px, Low maquis in Corsica
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Maquis is char ...
(''macchia'') and forest.
Gallery
File:Pallazzo granito.JPG, Palace Granito, nearby the island
File:Vedettamtlicosa.JPG, View of Mount Licosa trail to the coastal tower ''Semaforo''
File:Flysch del Cilento a Licosa (Castellabate).jpg, The flysch by the coast
See also
*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 ...
*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 ...
*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
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Frazioni of the Province of Salerno
Coastal towns in Campania
Localities of Cilento