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Cilento
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania
in the central and southern part of the Province of
Salerno and an important tourist area of southern Italy.
Geography
The coast (on Tyrrhenian Sea) is located between Paestum
and the Gulf of Policastro, near the town of Sapri. More
of touristic towns by the coast are "frazioni"; as for
example Santa Maria di Castellabate, Acciaroli, Velia,
Palinuro, Marina di Camerota, Scario and Policastro
Bussentino.
The inner boundaries are the Alburni mountains and Vallo
di Diano, sometimes considered as part of cilentan
geographical region, which has in Sala Consilina its
largest center. The most important towns in this area
are Vallo della Lucania (in the middle), Sapri and
Agropoli: this is the largest town of Cilento and the
principal harbour. Most of this area is included in "Cilento
and Vallo di Diano National Park".
History
Greek colony
The region is steeped in greek mythology and legends, as
in the names of some towns, which is also visible in the
remains of the colonies of Velia (ancient Elea) and
Paestum (ancient Poseidonia). Velia was also the seat of
"Eleatics", a school of pre-Socratic philosophers as
Parmenides, Zeno of Elea and Melissus of Samos).
Sixth province of Campania
In the 90's it was proposed to institute a new province
in Campania, the one of Cilento [1]. Very far to be
realized, it had also the problem to choose a seat. The
four candidates are Vallo della Lucania (in central
position), Agropoli (the greatest one, positioned in the
north), Sala Consilina (most populous town of Vallo di
Diano) and Sapri (center of southern Cilento, most
important railway station). Another proposition, more
recent, would to move Cilento from Campania to
Basilicata, as a third province [2] after Potenza and
Matera.
National Park
Main article: Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park
In a great part of the territory of Cilento and Vallo di
Diano it was instituted, on 1991, a national park, to
protect the territory from building speculation and mass
tourism. In 1998 the park becomes a World Heritage Site
of UNESCO.
Coast
The Cilentan Coast, or Costiera Cilentana in Italian, is
a stretch of coastline situated in the gulfs of Salerno
and Policastro, extending in 16 municipalities; from
Capaccio-Paestum in the north-west to Sapri in the sout-east.
Language
Cilento was part of ancient Lucania, and its language is
influenced by Lucanian. In the north of Cilento the
dialect is more influenced by neapolitan language, but
in the southern part it has many similarities with
Sicilian.
Photogallery
Agropoli
Velia
Licosa island in the Comune of Castellabate
Paestum
Paestum
Romagnano al Monte
S.Maria di Castellabate
Cape Palinuro
Bibliography
- Maurizio Tortora: Cilientu mia. Edizione del
Delfino, 1977, Naples
- Giuseppe Vallone: Dizionarietto etimologico del
basso Cilento. Editore UPC, 2004
- Pietro Rossi: Ieri e oggi 1955-2005. Poesie in
cilentano. Grafiche Erredue, 2005
- Barbara Schäfer: Limoncello mit Meerblick.
Unterwegs an der Amalfiküste und im Cilento. Picus,
2007, ISBN 978-3-85452-924-8
- Peter Amann: Cilento aktiv mit Costa di Maratea
- Aktivurlaub im ursprünglichen Süditalien. Mankau,
2007, ISBN 3938396083
- Peter Amann: Golf von Neapel, Kampanien, Cilento.
Reise Know-How, 2006, ISBN 3831715262
- Barbara Poggi: La Cucina Cilentana -
Köstlichkeiten aus der Cilento-Küche. Mankau, 2006,
ISBN 3938396024
- Luciano Pignataro: Le ricette del Cilento. Ed.
Ippogrifo, 2007, ISBN 978-88-8898643-2
See also
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park
Vallo di Diano
Velia ("Elea")
Paestum ("Poseidonia")
Pruno Cilento
Cilentan dialect
Gulf of Salerno
Agropoli
Vallo della Lucania
Sapri
Sala Consilina
Marina di Camerota
Certosa di Padula (Padula)
Cape Palinuro (Palinuro)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cilento
Historical and other information regarding National Park
of Cilento and Vallo di Diano (English)
Holidays in Cilento National Park (English)
Tourism in the National park of Cilento (Italian)
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park (Italian)
(English)
Cilento NEWS(Italian)
Tourism and holidays in Cilento (Italian)
Hotel Reservation in Cilento (English)
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Towns, villages and zones of Cilentan Coast
Torre Kernot • Laura • Paestum • Licinella • Mattine
• Agropoli • Tresino • Santa Maria • San Marco • Licosa
• Ogliastro Marina • Case del Conte • Agnone Cilento •
Mezzatorre • Acciaroli • Pioppi • Marina di Casalvelino
• Velia • Marina di Ascea • Marina di Pisciotta •
Caprioli • Palinuro • Cape Palinuro • Marina di Camerota
• Porto Infreschi • Scario • Policastro Bussentino •
Capitello • Villammare • Sapri
[show]
v • d • e
Campania
Provinces
and places
Avellino • Benevento • Caserta • Naples • Salerno
Islands • Amalfi Coast • Sorrentine Peninsula • Cilento
• Vallo di Diano • Cities, towns and villages
History
Kingdom of Naples • Monarchs • Viceroys • Two Sicilies •
Magna Græcia • Samnite Wars • Italia province • Duchy of
Naples • Duchy of Benevento • Principality of Capua •
Principality of Salerno • Duchy of Amalfi • Duchy of
Sorrento • Duchy of Apulia and Calabria
Politics and
government
Elections in Campania • List of Presidents of Campania
[show]
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World Heritage Sites in Italy
For official site names, see each article or the List
of World Heritage Sites in Italy.
Aeolian Islands · Alberobello · Amalfi Coast ·
Aquileia · Archaeological Area of Agrigento · Assisi ·
Barumini nuraghes · Botanical Garden, Padua · Caserta
Palace, Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and San Leucio Complex ·
Castel del Monte · Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza
Grande, Modena · Cerveteri and Tarquinia · Cilento and
Vallo di Diano National Park, Paestum and Velia, Certosa di
Padula · Crespi d'Adda · The Dolomites · Ferrara ·
Florence · Genoa · Hadrian's Villa · Mantua and
Sabbioneta · Sassi of Matera · Naples · Piazza del Duomo,
Pisa · Pienza · Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre
Annunziata · Portovenere, Cinque Terre (Monterosso al
Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore),
Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto · Ravenna · Residences of the
Royal House of Savoy · Rhaetian Railway1 · Rock Drawings
in Valcamonica · Rome2 · Sacri Monti of Piedmont and
Lombardy · San Gimignano · Santa Maria delle Grazie,
Milan · Siena · Syracuse and Necropolis of Pantalica ·
Urbino · Val d'Orcia · Val di Noto (Caltagirone,
Militello in Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto,
Palazzolo Acreide, Ragusa, Scicli) · Venice · Verona ·
Vicenza and Palladian Villas of the Veneto · Villa
d'Este · Villa Romana del Casale
1 Shared with Switzerland. 2 Shared with the Holy
See.
Coordinates: 40°17′24″N 15°28′34″E / 40.290°N
15.476°E / 40.290; 15.476
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