Eboli (ancient: Eburum) is a town of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, from which it is 16 miles east by rail, situated 470 feet above sea level, on the south edge of the hills overlooking the valley of the Sele. It has a population of 35,944. The sacristy of St. Francis contains two 14th century pictures, one by Roberto da Oderisio of Naples. An agricultural centre, Eboli is known mainly for olive oil and dairy products. Jump to: navigation, search Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Lazio to the north-west, Molise to the north, Puglia to the north-east, Basilicata to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... Numerous saints have been named Francis. ... Jump to: navigation, search This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right}. It is housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which... Jump to: navigation, search Location within Italy Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region. ... Jump to: navigation, search In agriculture, olive oil is an oil extracted from the fruit of the European olive tree , which originated in the Mediterranean area. ... Dairy farm near Oxford, New York, July 2001 In many northern-hemisphere countries a dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal milk (mostly from cows, sometimes from buffaloes, sheep or goats) for human consumption. ...

A local saying, "Cristo si è fermato a Eboli" ("Christ stopped at Eboli"), was used by 20th century writer Carlo Levi as the title of a book, referring to the poverty in the south of Italy at the beginning of the twentieth century. Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (Christ Stopped at Eboli) is a book by Carlo Levi, published in 1945, giving an account of his exile from 1935-1936 to a remote town in southern Italy called Gagliano, in the region of Lucania. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Carlo Levi Carlo Levi (29 November 1902 – January 4, 1975) was an Italian-Jewish painter, writer, activist, anti-fascist, and doctor. ...

The ancient Eburum was a Lucanian city, mentioned only by Pliny the Elder and in inscriptions, not far distant from the Campanian border. It lay above the Via Popillia, which followed the line taken by the modern railway. Some scanty remains of its ancient polygonal walls may still be seen. For the mountain in Canada named after Lucania, see Mount Lucania. ... Á Gaius Plinius Secundus, (23–79) better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient author and Natural philosopher of some importance who wrote Naturalis Historia. ...

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