Capitello is a southern Italian village and hamlet ('' frazione'') of

Ispani Ispani is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Geography Located in southern Cilento, Ispani is a hilltown nearby the Cilentan Coast, few km far from Sapri, Policastro and Villammar ...

, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2009 its population was of 626.

History

The village, whose name means "

capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...

" (the architectural element) in Italian, was a municipality before 1861, when it became a hamlet of Ispani. From 1928 to 1948 it became the seat of a new municipality that included Santa Marina, Ispani and Policastro.

Geography

Capitello is located in southern

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 ...

, on the

Gulf of Policastro A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay (geography), bay, but that is not observable in all geographic areas so named. The term gulf was traditionally used for large highly-indented ...

, next to the borders of

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. It stretches along the Cilentan Coast, by the Tyrrhenian Sea, between the nearby villages of Policastro and

Villammare Villammare is a southern Italian village and the only hamlet (''frazione'') of Vibonati, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2009 its population was of 1,024. History Anciently named ''Petrasia'', the village has developed u ...

(both 3 km far). It is 2 km far from

, 4 from

San Cristoforo San Cristoforo (in local dialect San Cristòfi) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a p ...

, 6 from Santa Marina 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, ...

and 7 from Sapri. Crossed by the national highway SS18 in the middle, and by the railway line linking Naples and

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 ...

, Capitello had a minor train station closed in early 2000s.Capitello station on stazionidelmondo.it
Palazzo Carafa ingresso

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{{authority control Frazioni of the Province of Salerno Coastal towns in Campania Localities of Cilento Former municipalities of Campania

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