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Salento is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Salento | |
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| Comune di Salento | |
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 Salento within the Province of Salerno | |
Location of Salento  | |
  Salento Location of Salento in Italy  Salento Salento (Campania) | |
| Coordinates: 40°15′N 15°11′E / 40.250°N 15.183°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province | Salerno (SA) |
| Frazioni | Fasana, Maroccia, Palazza |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23 km2 (9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
| Population (1 April 2009)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,049 |
| • Density | 89/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Salentini |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 84070 |
| Dialing code | 0974 |
| ISTAT code | 065115 |
| Patron saint | Santa Barbara |
| Saint day | 4 December (votivo 29 July) |
| Website | Official website |
History
editSalento Cilento become known as "The Poetry Village" founded by the Italian poet Menotti Lerro in 2018 after he established there the Cilento Poetry Prize financed by Italian Ministry of Culture for 140.500 Euro in 2022 to let the Prize become International.[3] "The Poetry Village" is characterized for the ceramic tiles with unpublished poems dedicated to the Cilento territory written as present from all the winners of the Cilento International Poetry Prize.[4] On August 2024 the former Mayor Gabriele De Marco was appointed as "Custode della Piramide" (In English: "Guardian of the Pyramid") by Menotti Lerro in an official cerimony held in Orria.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat); Dati - Popolazione residente all'1/4/2009
- ^ Pizzolla, Pietro (October 27, 2022). "Premio Cilento Poesia finanziato dal Ministero dei Beni Culturali".
- ^ "Salento, il Paese della Poesia. I Muri Raccontano". Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali e per il Turismo. March 21, 2024.
- ^ "Orria, Menotti Lerro incontra i maggiori custodi della 'Piramide Culturale del Cilento'". StileTV.
External links
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