Stazione Pisciotta-Palinuro (binari 1 e 2)

Pisciotta is an Italian town and ''

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'' of the

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, in the region of

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History

According to legend,

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escaping from the fire and the destruction of their city,

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, founded

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. Some of the inhabitants of the city later advanced westwards, following the vast valley of the Sinni river, up to the lake and to the Sirino mountain (from which they took the name), near present-day

Lagonegro Lagonegro ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is part of the Valle del Noce and has (2017) a population of 5,471. Geography The municipality, located southwest of its ...

, where they founded the city of Siruci (now called Seluce). From here, they went to the

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, on the beach of the Gulf of Policastro. Here they founded the colony of ''Pixous''. This event is shown in a rare series of ancient coins, in archaic characters, with the names of Sirinos and Pixoes inscribed, referring respectively, to the populations of the two cities of Siris and Pixous, respectively. The name "Pixous" comes from the root "PYX", which derives from the Greek word for

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(present in the coat of arms of Pisciotta town hall). In the year 194 BC, the

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word ''pixous'' became corrupted to the

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Buxentum. In AD 915, when the town was plundered and burnt by the

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Agropoli Agropoli is a town and ''comune'' located in the Cilento area of the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. It is situated at the start of the Cilentan Coast, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. History Pre-medieval period The promontory on which Agropoli s ...

, the town's name had already changed to Policastro. Many of the fleeing Bussetani went beyond the promontory of

Palinuro Palinuro is an Italian small town, the most populated civil parish (''frazione'') of Centola, Province of Salerno, in the Campania region. The name of the town is derived from Palinurus, the helmsman of Aeneas, as recorded in the fifth and sixt ...

, where they founded a small village that they called Pixoctum, in memory of their lost town. Over the years the name had changed many times - Pixocta, then Pissocta, then Pichotta and finally Pisciotta. The name of Pisciotta is found in the ''

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'' (1144). The year 1464 marked for the country a very important development, when the survivors of Molpa, following the destruction of their village, were sheltered in Pisciotta. Until the abolition of feudality in 1806, Pisciotta was owned by the

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s (1270), the Sanseverinos (15th century), the Pappacodas (from 1590). Beginning in 1996 (or so) Pisciotta became host for a summer study-abroad program conducted through SUNY Purchase College.

Geography

Located on a hill above the coastline of

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and its port and marina, Pisciotta lies on the national highway 447 between

Ascea Ascea is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southwestern Italy. In the communal territory are the Greek ruins of Velia. It is part of the Cilento traditional area; the maritime touristic part of the municip ...

and

. The municipality borders with Ascea,

Centola Centola ( Cilentan: ''Cendula'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Geography Located in southern Cilento, Centola borders with the municipalities of Camerota, Celle di Bulgheria, ...

and San Mauro La Bruca; and counts the hamlets (''

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'') of Caprioli,

Marina di Pisciotta Pisciotta is an Italian town and ''comune'' of the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania. History According to legend, Troy, Trojans escaping from the fire and the destruction of their city, Troy, founded Siris, Magna Graecia, Siris. ...

and Rodio.

Twin towns

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