Sicignano degli Alburni (also known simply as
Sicignano) is a town and ''
comune
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'' 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 southern
Italy
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.
History
The Roman war hero Lucius Sicinius Dentatus, of the
gens
In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; plural: ''gentes'' ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same Roman naming conventions#Nomen, nomen and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a ''stirps'' (p ...
Sicinia, founded Sicignano degli Alburni as his ancient
latifundium
A ''latifundium'' (Latin: ''latus'', "spacious" and ''fundus'', "farm, estate") is a very extensive parcel of privately owned land. The latifundia of Roman history were great landed estates specializing in agriculture destined for export: grain, ...
.
The earliest documentation of Sicignano is from a medieval donation document dated 1086 by which the Norman count Asclettino Sicignano, Lord of Polla (died 1086), gives the
abbey of Cava dei Tirreni
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns.
The conc ...
the monastery of St. Peter and St. Catherine's Church, located in the Castrum Pollae.
From 1811 to 1860, Sicignano was part of the district of Postiglione, belonging to the District of Country of the Two Sicilies.
From 1860 to 1927 it was part of the district of Postiglione, belonging to the district to campaign.
Geography
Sicignano is located between the valley of 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 and 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; its territory lying mostly within the
Parco nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano
Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park (Italian ''Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni'') is an Italian national park in the Province of Salerno, in Campania in southern Italy. It includes much of the Cilento, the Val ...
.
The municipality is bordered by
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 ...
,
Buccino
Buccino is a town and ''comune'' in Campania in Italy, in the province of Salerno, located about 700 m above sea level.
Geography
The municipality borders with Auletta, Colliano, Palomonte, Romagnano al Monte, Salvitelle, San Gregorio Magno a ...
,
Castelcivita
Castelcivita ( Cilentan: ''A Castellucce'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Geography
The town is situated in the middle of Cilento, by the western side of the Alburni mountains, ...
,
Contursi Terme
Contursi Terme ( Contursano: ) is a village and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Early history
No secure identification of Contursi Terme, where ancient remains confirm a settlement at the conf ...
,
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 ...
,
Palomonte
Palomonte (Campanian: or ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europ ...
,
Petina and
Postiglione
Postiglione ( Campanian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Geography
Located in Cilento, below the Alburni mountains, borders with the municipalities of Altavilla Silentina, Ca ...
.
Transport
The town has
a railway station on the
Salerno–Potenza–Taranto line, located 10 km north. Sicignano station is also the junction point of a line, the
Sicignano–Lagonegro, closed in 1987, that counts two other station in the municipal territory: Castelluccio Cosentino and Galdo.
The municipality is crossed by the
A2 motorway Salerno
Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...
-
Reggio Calabria
Reggio di Calabria ( scn, label= Southern Calabrian, Riggiu; el, label= Calabrian Greek, Ρήγι, Rìji), usually referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria. It has an estimated popul ...
, and is served by the exit "Sicignano-
Potenza
Potenza (, also , ; , Potentino dialect: ''Putenz'') is a ''comune'' in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata (former Lucania).
Capital of the Province of Potenza and the Basilicata region, the city is the highest regional capital and one ...
", that is also the western end of the
RA 05 motorway to Potenza. The national highway SS 19 crosses the villages of Scorzo and Zuppino.
People
*
Girolamo Britonio (15th century –16th century), poet
*
Costantino Catena (b. 1969), pianist
See also
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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 ...
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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 ...
*
Sicinius
The gens Sicinia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens occur throughout the history of the Republic, but only one of them obtained the consulship, Titus Sicinius Sabinus in 487 BC. Throughout the long Conflict of the Order ...
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Sicignano (surname)
Sicignano is an Italian habitational surname from Sicignano degli Alburni.
Etymology
Sicignano is the Modern Italian descendant of the ''cognomen'' Sicinianus.
Possible Latin forms include, in the nominative:
*" Sicinius", masculine singular
* ...
References
External links
Official websiteSicignano degli Alburni on paesionline.it The Sicignano Family
Cities and towns in Campania
Localities of Cilento
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