Gragnano

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Comune di Gragnano
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Church of Santa Maria of the Assumption.
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Gragnano
Gragnano (Campania)
Coordinates: 40°41′N14°31′E / 40.683°N 14.517°E / 40.683; 14.517
Country Italy
Region Campania
Metropolitan city Naples (NA)
Frazioni Aurano, Caprile, Castello, Iuvani
Government
 • MayorPaolo Cimmino
Area
[1]
 • Total
14.6 km2 (5.6 sq mi)
Elevation
141 m (463 ft)
Population
 (31 June 2015) [2]
 • Total
29,310
 • Density2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
Demonym Gragnanesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
80054
Dialing code 081
Patron saint Saint Sebastian
Saint dayJanuary 20
Website Official website

Gragnano is a hill town and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples, in southern Italian region of Campania. It is located about 30 kilometres (19 miles) southeast of Naples, between a mountain crest and the Amalfi Coast.

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Gragnano borders the following municipalities: Agerola, Casola di Napoli, Castellammare di Stabia, Lettere, Pimonte, Ravello, Sant'Antonio Abate, Santa Maria la Carità, Scala.

In 1169 its name was added to the title of the bishopric of nearby Lettere, which was thus renamed Roman Catholic Diocese of Lettere-Gragnano, but Gragnano never had a co-cathedral and its title was dropped when the suppressed see was nominally restored as titular bishopric of Lettere. [3]

Pasta

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Via Roma in Gragnano, circa 1900.

Gragnano is home of some of the best dried pasta in Italy. [4] In 2013, Gragnano pasta was designated a Protected Geographical Indication by the European Union. [5]

Gragnano's "main street was laid out expressly to capture the mountain breeze mixed with sea air back when pasta makers hung spaghetti on drying rods like laundry," according to a Forbes Life write up. [4] More recently heaters have been used to dry the pasta at low temperatures (approximately 50 °C (122 °F)) for two days and it is shaped with bronze to give it a rough texture, producing a pasta with a "nuttier aroma and chewier mouth feel." [4]

Notable locals

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References

  1. ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Titular See of Lettere, Italy".
  4. 1 2 3 Mimi Murphy Gragnano Pasta page 36 Forbes Life
  5. ↑ "Italy's city that revolutionised pasta".
  6. ↑ "Tito Vuolo". IMdB. Retrieved 17 March 2014.

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