Celle di Bulgheria

Celle di Bulgheria
Comune
Comune di Celle di Bulgheria
Panorama from the mount Bulgheria
Celle within the Province of Salerno
Celle di Bulgheria Location of Celle di Bulgheria in Italy Show map of Italy Celle di Bulgheria Celle di Bulgheria (Campania) Show map of Campania
Coordinates: 40°06′N15°24′E / 40.100°N 15.400°E / 40.100; 15.400
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Salerno (SA)
Frazioni	Poderia
Government
• Mayor	Gino Marotta
Area [1]
• Total	31.62 km2 (12.21 sq mi)
Elevation	234 m (768 ft)
Population  (1 January 2018) [2]
• Total	1,861
• Density	58.86/km2 (152.4/sq mi)
Demonym	Cellesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	84040
Dialing code	0974
Patron saint	Madonna of the Snow
Saint day	5 August
Website	Official website

Celle di Bulgheria, also shortened as Celle, is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

History

The town was named after the Bulgars settled here with their leader Altsek (whose father was the second ever leader of Old Great Bulgaria) in the early Middle Ages. ^[3]

Geography

Celle Bulgheria is located in Southern Cilento, near the mount Bulgheria, and is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park. It borders with the municipalities of Camerota, Centola, Laurito, Montano Antilia and Roccagloriosa. ^[4] Its hamlet ( frazione ) is the nearby village of Poderia. ^[5]

Main sights

• De Luca Palace
• Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snow) church
• Saint Sophia church, in Poderia
• Mount Bulgheria

Transport

Celle di Bulgheria counts a railway station, Celle Bulgheria-Roccagloriosa, on the Naples-Salerno-Reggio Calabria railway line.

Crossed by the "Cilentana" highway Salerno-Sapri to the south, has the nearest exits at Poderia (west) and Roccagloriosa (east).

People

• Antonio Maria De Luca (1764–1828), priest and patriot
• Salvatore Venuta (1944–2007), biologist and oncologist

Twin towns

• Veliki Preslav, Bulgaria
• Bolgar, Russia

See also

• Cilentan dialect
• San Severino (Centola)

References

1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. (in Italian) Source: Istat 2011
3. MONUMENT OF ANCIENT BULGAR LEADER ALTSEK OPENED IN ITALY’S CELLE DI BULGHERIA TO CELEBRATE ANCIENT BULGAR HERITAGE
4. 40261 (x   j   a   h) Celle di Bulgheria on OpenStreetMap
5. 1253558258 Poderia on OpenStreetMap

External links

• Official website (in Italian)
• Tourist info about Celle (in Italian)