Torraca 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 south-western
Italy
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.
History
The LED city
In 2007, the town spent 280,000 euro to convert all its 700 street lamps to
LED
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technology - a first in Europe - and thereby reduced its energy and maintenance costs by 70%. Because of this, the town was awarded the
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...
2007 prize. Newspapers referred to Torraca as "LED city".
Torraca on cityledlighting.com
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Geography
The town is situated in the south 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 ...
, a few kilometers from Sapri
Sapri is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is one of the southernmost towns of the region of Cilento and its population is 6,783.[Maratea
Maratea (; nap, Marathia, label= Marateota ) is an Italian town and ''comune'' of Basilicata, in the province of Potenza. It is the only ''comune'' of the region on the Tyrrhenian coast, and is known as "the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian". Owing to t ...]
and close to the borders of 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 ...
with Basilicata
it, Lucano (man) it, Lucana (woman)
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. The surrounding municipalities are Casaletto Spartano
Casaletto Spartano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
History
The town has medieval origins and originated around the settlement of ''Spartoso'', from which it derives the toponym, c ...
, Sapri
Sapri is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is one of the southernmost towns of the region of Cilento and its population is 6,783.[Tortorella
Tortorella is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Salerno, Campania, in south-western Italy.
Geography
Located in southern Cilento, 11 km far from the Cilentan Coast, Tortorella is a hill town located in the middle of a large forest ar ...]
and Vibonati
Vibonati ( Cilentan: ''Livunati'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Geography
Located in southern Cilento, Vibonati is a hilltown nearby the Cilentan Coast, few km far from Sapri, ...
.
References
External links
Municipal website of Torraca
Cities and towns in Campania
Localities of Cilento
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