Laurino

Laurino is a common Italian of the Province of Salerno in the area Campanie in Italy. Laurino is a place very characteristic and marked by the medieval element of the area of Cilento. The village is located in the province of Salerno, the territory more in the south of the Campania area. Of his position on a hill has of the 531 Mr. above the sea level, Laurino controls the neighborhoods. The foundation of the place refers to time préchrétien. In the 12. century the population exceeded the 20.000 inhabitants, left again on the principal place and five other hamlets. The fall was started with the martial argumentations between Guelfes and Gibelines, during which Laurino was destroyed by troops of the emperor Friedrich II. On the basis of north European and strong migration in direction of the north of Italy, in the search of an employment, the place today has nothing any more but 1.900 inhabitants. The name is due with a great probability to the fact that in the narrow environment, the tree of bay-tree is very strongly represented in the vegetation. It comes from the Latin word Laurus or Laurinus. To the lower part of the hill, the river Calore Lucano occurs. This one results from a source on Assembles Cervati and crosses the natural parks Cilento E Vallo di Diano. Many buildings, point out the times spent as the ruin of the palate of the Duke, the frescos and the woodcarvings of the principal church " Santa Maria Maggiore" and two medieval bridges on the Calore river. In the olden days, Laurino was known like the " bead of Calore”. Today, the place is distinguished by the natural and true vegetation and from multiple initiatives, as the jazz festival “Jazz has Laurino “taking place in August.

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Hamlets

Villa Littorio

Communes bordering

Bellosguardo, Campora, Felitto, Magliano Vetere, Novi Velia, Piaggine, Rofrano, Roscigno, Sacco, Stio, Valle dell' Angelo

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Roa-tared: Laurino

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