Morigerati

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Morigerati
Comune di Morigerati
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View from the surrounding mountains
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Morigerati within the Province of Salerno
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Location of Morigerati in Italy
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Morigerati
Morigerati (Campania)
Coordinates: 40°08′24.4″N15°33′18.9″E / 40.140111°N 15.555250°E / 40.140111; 15.555250 Coordinates: 40°08′24.4″N15°33′18.9″E / 40.140111°N 15.555250°E / 40.140111; 15.555250
Country Italy
Region Campania
Province Salerno (SA)
Frazioni Sicilì
Government
  MayorVincenzina Prota
Area
[1]
  Total21.19 km2 (8.18 sq mi)
Population
 (28 February 2017) [2]
  Total665
  Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84030
Dialing code 0974
Patron saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki
Saint day26 August
Website Official website
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San Demetrio Church.
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A road in the old town.

Morigerati (Cilentan: Murgirati) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

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History

The village was probably founded by the ancient Italic people of the Morgetes. It was later colonized by the Ancient Roman, as witnessed by some ruins in a locality named Rumanuru. [3]

Geography

The municipality, located in southern Cilento and part of its national park, is crossed by the Bussento river. It borders with Casaletto Spartano, Caselle in Pittari, Santa Marina, Torre Orsaia and Tortorella. [4] Its only hamlet ( frazione ) is the village of Sicilì, that has a population of 364. [5]

Main sights

Transport

The town is served by the national highway SS 517/var Padula-Policastro at the exit "Sicilì-Morigerati", 11 km west. The highway links the Cilentan highway to the A3 Motorway.

See also

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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. (in Italian) Source: ISTAT 2016
  3. Morigerati on bussento.it
  4. 40301 (x a j h) Morigerati on OpenStreetMap
  5. (in Italian) Sicilì on italia.indettaglio.it
  6. (in Italian) Bussento Caves (WWF.it website)
  7. (in Italian) WWF Oasis of Bussento on Morigerati website
  8. (in Italian) Ethnographic Museum of Morigerati