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Encyclopedia > Province of Salerno
Province of Salerno
Nation Italy
Region Campania
Capital Salerno
Area 4,923 km²
Population (2005) 1,089,770
Density 221
Comuni 158
Vehicle Registration SA
Postal Code 84100
Telephone Prefix 089
ISTAT 065
President Angelo Villani
Map highlighting the location of the province of Salerno in Italy

Salerno (Italian: Provincia di Salerno) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. The largest towns in the province are Salerno the capital which has a population of 146,324; Cava de' Tirreni with a population of 52,616; Battipaglia with a population of 50,958; and Nocera Inferiore which has a population of 47,932). The province has an area of 4,923 km², and a total population of 1,089,770 (2005). There are 158 comuni (singular: comune) in the province[1], see Comuni of the Province of Salerno. Image File history File links Provincia_di_Salerno-Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... 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. ... Salerno is a town and a province capital in Campania, south-western Italy, located on the gulf of the same name on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Density, or volumic mass (ISO 31), is a measure of mass per given unit volume. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... Present Italian car number plates have black characters on a rectangular white background, with small blue side-fields on the right and left (see European vehicle registration plates). ... Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) is the Italian national statistical institute, roughly corresponding to the United States Census Bureau. ... Image File history File links Salerno_posizione. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... 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. ... Cava de Tirreni, a town and episcopal see of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 6 m. ... Battipaglia is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. ... Nocera Inferiore, formerly Nocera dei Pagani (anc. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... The following is a list of the 158 comuni of the Province of Salerno, Campania, in Italy. ...


One of the features of the rugged country-side is Gole del Calore di Felitto an area of gorges between Felitto and Magliano formed by the River Calore. This area if of great geological interest is also rich in flora and fauna. A gorge is a narrow passage between steep mountains or hills. ... Felitto is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. ... In Botany a Flora (or Floræ) is a collective term for plant life and can also refer to a descriptive catalogue of the plants of any geographical area, geological period, etc. ... Fauna is a collective term for animal life. ...


One of the many historical buildings in the province is the chapter house belonging to the Certosa di Padula (or Carthreuse of Padula or of San Lorenzo in Padula), a Carthusian monastery, in the town of Padula. The building has evolved over centuries, the earliest parts are of the early 14th century. A mannerist cloister leads to the church, a later 17th century cloister has loggias supported by rusticated columns, this adds to the general baroque air of the building. Today the chapter house is home to the Museo Archeologico della Lucania Occidentale which has many ancient artifacts dating from Roman times. Agropoli, with a population of 19,000, is 30 miles south of Salerno. A chapter house is a building or room attached to a cathedral or collegiate church in which meetings are held. ... The Certosa di Padula, also known as Carthusian Monastery of Padula or Chartreuse of Padula or or , is a large famous Carthusian monastery in the Cilento National Park near Salerno in Southern Italy. ... Saint Lawrence (225 – 258) (Latin Laurentius, laurelled) was one of the seven deacons of Rome who were martyred under the persecution of Roman Emperor Valerian in 258. ... A Carthusian Monastery in Jerez, Spain The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. ... View from above Padula is a small village under the administrative jurisdiction of the commune of Cortino in the Italian Province of Teramo. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... Mannerism is the term used to describe the artistic style that arose in mid-16th century. ... Cloister of Saint Trophimus, in Arles, France A cloister (from latin claustrum) is a part of cathedral, monastic and abbey architecture. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Facade of the Palazzo del Te clearly showing rusticated stonework between the pilasters Rustication is an architectural term referring to the cutting of ashlar. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ...


External link

  • Provincia di Salerno homepage (in Italian)



Europe | Italy | Campania
Avellino | Benevento | Caserta | Naples (Napoli) | Salerno



World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... 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. ... Avellino (Italian: Provincia di Avellino) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. ... Benevento (Italian: Provincia di Benevento) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. ... Caserta (Italian: Provincia di Caserta) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. ... The province of Naples (Italian: Provincia di Napoli) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. ...

Campania · Communes of the province of Salerno
Acerno | Agropoli | Albanella | Alfano | Altavilla Silentina | Amalfi | Angri | Aquara | Ascea | Atena Lucana | Atrani | Auletta | Baronissi | Battipaglia | Bellizzi | Bellosguardo | Bracigliano | Buccino | Buonabitacolo | Caggiano | Calvanico | Camerota | Campagna | Campora | Cannalonga | Capaccio | Casal Velino | Casalbuono | Casaletto Spartano | Caselle in Pittari | Castel San Giorgio | Castel San Lorenzo | Castelcivita | Castellabate | Castelnuovo Cilento | Castelnuovo di Conza | Castiglione del Genovesi | Cava de' Tirreni | Celle di Bulgheria | Centola | Ceraso | Cetara | Cicerale | Colliano | Conca dei Marini | Controne | Contursi Terme | Corbara | Corleto Monforte | Cuccaro Vetere | Eboli | Felitto | Fisciano | Furore | Futani | Giffoni Sei Casali | Giffoni Valle Piana | Gioi | Giungano | Ispani | Laureana Cilento | Laurino | Laurito | Laviano | Lustra | Magliano Vetere | Maiori | Mercato San Severino | Minori | Moio della Civitella | Montano Antilia | Monte San Giacomo | Montecorice | Montecorvino Pugliano | Montecorvino Rovella | Monteforte Cilento | Montesano sulla Marcellana | Morigerati | Nocera Inferiore | Nocera Superiore | Novi Velia | Ogliastro Cilento | Olevano sul Tusciano | Oliveto Citra | Omignano | Orria | Ottati | Padula | Pagani | Palomonte | Pellezzano | Perdifumo | Perito | Pertosa | Petina | Piaggine | Pisciotta | Polla | Pollica | Pontecagnano Faiano | Positano | Postiglione | Praiano | Prignano Cilento | Ravello | Ricigliano | Roccadaspide | Roccagloriosa | Roccapiemonte | Rofrano | Romagnano al Monte | Roscigno | Rutino | Sacco | Sala Consilina | Salento | Salerno | Salvitelle | San Cipriano Picentino | San Giovanni a Piro | San Gregorio Magno | San Mango Piemonte | San Marzano sul Sarno | San Mauro Cilento | San Mauro la Bruca | San Pietro al Tanagro | San Rufo | San Valentino Torio | Sant'Angelo a Fasanella | Sant'Arsenio | Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino | Santa Marina | Santomenna | Sanza | Sapri | Sarno | Sassano | Scafati | Scala | Serramezzana | Serre | Sessa Cilento | Siano | Sicignano degli Alburni | Stella Cilento | Stio | Teggiano | Torchiara | Torraca | Torre Orsaia | Tortorella | Tramonti | Trentinara | Valle dell'Angelo | Vallo della Lucania | Valva | Vibonati | Vietri sul Mare

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Salerno - LoveToKnow 1911 (492 words)
The chief buildings are the theatre, the prefecture, and the cathedral of St Matthew (whose bones were brought from Paestum to Salerno in 954), begun in 1076 by Robert Guiscard and consecrated in 1084 by Gregory VII.
In front is a beautiful quadrangular court (112 by 102 ft.), surrounded by arcades formed of twenty-eight ancient pillars mostly of granite from Paestum, and containing twelve sarcophagi of various periods; the middle entrance into the church is closed by remarkable bronze doors of 11th-century Byzantine work.
Salerno university, founded in 1150, and long one of the great seats of learning in Italy, was closed in 1817.
Salerno - Campania - Italy (631 words)
Locality: Salerno is the main town of the "Costiera Amalfitana", situated in the middle of two enchanting coasts, the Amalfi and Cilento coasts; it was the seat of the oldest university in Europe, the Schola Medica Salernitana, the most important source of medical knowledge in Europe in the early Middle Ages.
In 1799 Salerno was incorporated into the Parthenopean Republic; during the Napoleonic period, Joachim Murat decreed the closing of the Salerno Medical School, that had been declining for decades to the level of a theoretical school.
In September 1943, Salerno was the scene of the landing of the allies and from February 12th to July 17th 1944 it gave hospitality to the Government of Marshal Badoglio.
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