Scafati () is a city 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. __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

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region of southern

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 ...

Geography

Scafati is situated on the river

Sarno Sarno is a town and ''comune'' and former Latin Catholic bishopric of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 20 km northeast from the Salerno, city of Salerno and 60 km east of Naples by the main railway. Overview It lies at ...

. Under the bridge over the river into the village, the Sarno divides into a primary and two secondary branches. The town is bordered by

Angri Angri is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno, Campania, southern Italy. It is around northwest of the town of Salerno. History The Byzantine general Narses defeated Teias, the last king of the Goths, nearby in AD 553. In the ...

Boscoreale Boscoreale (; "Royal Grove") is an Italian '' comune ''and town in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, with a population of 27,457 in 2011. Located in the Vesuvius National Park, under the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, it is known for the fru ...

, Poggiomarino, Pompei,

San Marzano sul Sarno San Marzano sul Sarno is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy, situated about halfway between ''Autostrade'' A3 and A30. History Sarno is located in the Sarno River valley, in which traces ...

, San Valentino Torio,

Sant'Antonio Abate Sant'Antonio Abate ( nap, Sant'Antuono) is a ''commune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 30 km southeast of Naples. Sant'Antonio Abate borders the following municipalities: A ...

and

Santa Maria la Carità Santa Maria la Carità ( nap, Santa Maria 'a Carità) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about southeast of Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Ν� ...

History

In the early Middle Ages, the Scafati area was on the border between the

Duchy of Benevento The Duchy of Benevento (after 774, Principality of Benevento) was the southernmost Lombard duchy in the Italian Peninsula that was centred on Benevento, a city in Southern Italy. Lombard dukes ruled Benevento from 571 to 1077, when it was conq ...

(later

principality of Salerno The Principality of Salerno ( la, Principatus Salerni) was a medieval Southern Italian state, formed in 851 out of the Principality of Benevento after a decade-long civil war. It was centred on the port city of Salerno. Although it owed all ...

) and the Duchy of Naples. The current settlement was created in the 18th century after the area around the

Sarno river The Sarno, known as ''Sarnus'' to the Romans, is a stream that passes through Pompeii to the south of the Italian city of Naples. It is considered the most polluted river in Europe. It flows about from the base of Mt. Sarno to the Bay of Naples ...

plain was stripped of the woods and a Royal road was opened in it. During the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Scafati was the seat of

textile Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...

workshops and of an

artillery magazine Magazine is the name for an item or place within which ammunition or other explosive material is stored. It is taken originally from the Arabic word "makhāzin" (مخازن), meaning 'storehouses', via Italian and Middle French. The term is als ...

, established by king Ferdinand II. Scafati was damaged by falls of

pyroclastic rock Pyroclastic rocks (derived from the el, πῦρ, links=no, meaning fire; and , meaning broken) are clastic rocks composed of rock fragments produced and ejected by explosive volcanic eruptions. The individual rock fragments are known as pyroc ...

s in the course of the 1707

Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius ( ; it, Vesuvio ; nap, 'O Vesuvio , also or ; la, Vesuvius , also , or ) is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of ...

eruption. During World War II, it was liberated from the German occupation by British troops on 28 September 1943.

People

Valentina Nappi Valentina Nappi (born 6 November 1990) is an Italian pornographic film actress and adult model. Life and career Born in Scafati, near Salerno, Nappi made her debut in the adult industry in 2011 with director Rocco Siffredi after she contact ...

, Italian porn actress and adult model

References

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