Polla 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 ...

'' of 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 ...

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-west

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 ...

. In 2011 its population was 5,327.

History

The area in which the town is located was settled since

prehistoric Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...

times, as evidenced by finds of bones and ceramic in a nearby cave. During the

Ancient Roman In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC ...

domination it was built a

forum Forum or The Forum (plural forums or fora) may refer to: Common uses * Forum (legal), designated space for public expression in the United States *Forum (Roman), open public space within a Roman city **Roman Forum, most famous example *Internet ...

in today's quarter of San Pietro.

Geography

Polla is in the north of the

Vallo di Diano 240px, Vallo di Diano seen from Caggiano. 240px, Panoramic view of Pertosa. View of 240px The Vallo di Diano (also known as ''Valdiano'') is an Italian valley of the south-eastern side of Campania, in the province of Salerno. Geography Situ ...

, close to 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 and is crossed by the

Tanagro The Tanagro (''Tanàgro'') or Negro is a river of the Province of Salerno, southwestern Italy. It rises in the Vallo di Diano and is a tributary of the Sele River. In ancient times it was known as ''Tanager''. Overview From the origin to the mouth ...

river. It borders with the municipalities of

Atena Lucana Atena Lucana is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. History Atena Lucana is one of the most ancient settlements in the Vallo di Diano, as testified by the presence of prehistoric Megali ...

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 ...

Brienza Brienza is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. History Brienza was founded around a castle in the 7th century AD, during the Lombards, Lombard rule of the Duchy of Benevento. Between the ...

( PZ), Caggiano,

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 ...

Pertosa Pertosa is a village and ''comune'' of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. In 2010 its population was 714. History Geography The village is situated in the eastern side of the province of Salerno, close to the mu ...

, Sant'Angelo Le Fratte (PZ) and

Sant'Arsenio Sant'Arsenio is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy, located about 180 km southeast of Naples and about 76 km southeast of Salerno. As of 30 June 2006, it had a population of 2, ...

Demographics

Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:7000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:500 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:100 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1861 text:1861 bar:1871 text:1871 bar:1881 text:1881 bar:1901 text:1901 bar:1911 text:1911 bar:1921 text:1921 bar:1931 text:1931 bar:1936 text:1936 bar:1951 text:1951 bar:1961 text:1961 bar:1971 text:1971 bar:1981 text:1981 bar:1991 text:1991 bar:2001 text:2001 bar:2011 text:2011 PlotData= color:barra width:20 align:left bar:1861 from:0 till:5591 bar:1871 from:0 till:5874 bar:1881 from:0 till:6516 bar:1901 from:0 till:4566 bar:1911 from:0 till:4648 bar:1921 from:0 till:4799 bar:1931 from:0 till:5094 bar:1936 from:0 till:5062 bar:1951 from:0 till:5268 bar:1961 from:0 till:5091 bar:1971 from:0 till:4991 bar:1981 from:0 till:5345 bar:1991 from:0 till:5635 bar:2001 from:0 till:5347 bar:2011 from:0 till:5327 PlotData= bar:1861 at: 5591 fontsize:S text:5,591 shift:(-8,5) bar:1871 at: 5874 fontsize:S text:5,874 shift:(-10,5) bar:1881 at: 6516 fontsize:S text:6,516 shift:(-10,5) bar:1901 at: 4566 fontsize:S text:4,566 shift:(-10,5) bar:1911 at: 4648 fontsize:S text:4,648 shift:(-10,5) bar:1921 at: 4799 fontsize:S text:4,799 shift:(-10,5) bar:1931 at: 5094 fontsize:S text:5,094 shift:(-10,5) bar:1936 at: 5062 fontsize:S text:5,062 shift:(-10,5) bar:1951 at: 5268 fontsize:S text:5,268 shift:(-10,5) bar:1961 at: 5091 fontsize:S text:5,091 shift:(-10,5) bar:1971 at: 4991 fontsize:S text:4,991 shift:(-10,5) bar:1981 at: 5345 fontsize:S text:5,345 shift:(-10,5) bar:1991 at: 5635 fontsize:S text:5,635 shift:(-10,5) bar:2001 at: 5347 fontsize:S text:5,347 shift:(-10,5) bar:2011 at: 5327 fontsize:S text:5,327 shift:(-10,5) TextData= fontsize:S pos:(20,20) text:Source ISTAT

Famous residents

* Costantino Catena (b. 1969), pianist * Edoardo Monteforte (b. 1849), painter * Nicola Peccheneda (1725-1804), Rococo painter

Twin towns

* Steinenbronn (

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

)

References

External links

Polla official website
{{authority control Cities and towns in Campania Localities of Cilento