Roscigno
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| Comune | |
| Comune di Roscigno | |
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Panoramic view of Roscigno showing also Roscigno Vecchia (below in the right corner)
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 Roscigno within the Province of Salerno |
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 Roscigno
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| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Salerno (SA) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luca Iannuzzi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 570 m (1,870 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 827 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Roscignoli |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 84020 |
| Dialing code | 0828 |
| Patron saint | St. Roch |
| Saint day | 16 August |
| Website | Official website |
Roscigno is a small town and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is on the slope of Monte Pruno and, as of 2011, its population was of 827.[1]
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Geography
Roscigno is situated in the central area of Cilento. It is within Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park and the Cilento World Heritage Site. The municipality borders with Bellosguardo, Corleto Monforte, Laurino, Sacco and Sant'Angelo a Fasanella.[2]
The town is divided in Roscigno Nuova (New Roscigno, simply referred as Roscigno), the new settlement built after a landslide at the old settlement; now named Roscigno Vecchia (Old Roscigno), distant 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from the "new town".
Demographics
Main sights
Roscigno Vecchia
Roscigno Vecchia (Old Roscigno, also named Roscigno Vecchio – Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) is an example of a 19th-century rural town developed around a central square and a church unmodified by modern architectural or infrastructural changes.
It has been completely abandoned since the early 20th century, when the population moved to Roscigno Nuovo due to a landslide. Now open for tourism, the ghost town was declared an eco museum [3] in the early 21st century. Nearby, and also in the province of Salerno, there is another example of ghost town: the old village of Romagnano al Monte.
Monte Pruno
Some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) outside the town is the archaeological site on Monte Pruno, a settlement of the Oenotrians and the Lucani (7th-3rd centuries BC).
Gallery
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (Italian) Source: Istat 2011
- ↑ 40487 Roscigno on OpenStreetMap
- ↑ (Italian) Info on roscignovecchia.it
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roscigno. |
- (Italian) Roscigno official website
- (Italian) Roscigno Vecchia website
- Articles with Italian-language external links
- Articles containing Italian-language text
- Official website not in Wikidata
- Pages with broken file links
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- Cities and towns in Campania
- Communes of the Province of Salerno
- Use dmy dates from January 2011
- Localities of Cilento
- Ghost towns in Italy
