Padula

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Padula
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Comune di Padula
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Padula within the Province of Salerno
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Padula
Padula (Campania)
Coordinates: 40°20′24″N15°39′24″E / 40.34000°N 15.65667°E / 40.34000; 15.65667
Country Italy
Region Campania
Province Salerno (SA)
Frazioni Ascolese, Caiazzano
Area
[1]
 • Total66.44 km2 (25.65 sq mi)
Elevation
699 m (2,293 ft)
Population
 (2007) [2]
 • Total5,279
 • Density79/km2 (210/sq mi)
Demonym Padulesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84034, 84030
Dialing code 0975
Patron saint Saint Michael the Archangel
Website Official website

Padula (Cilentan: A Parula) is a comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is the home of the Carthusian monastery Certosa di San Lorenzo, sometimes referred to as the Certosa di Padula. As of 2011 its population was of 5,279. [3]

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Geography

It is located about 100 kilometres south-east of the provincial capital of Salerno. The majority of the town is on a hillside that reaches 698 meters above sea level. The comune covers an area of 66.33 square kilometres.

History

Its existence reaches back to at least the ninth century when local people used the hilltop area for defence against the Saracens. The history of Padula as an organized village begins with the arrival in 1296 of Tommaso II Sanseverino, though the Monastery of Saint Nicola had been erected on this site earlier, in 1086. This name was chosen because of the legendary man known as Padula.

Religious monuments and churches

Demographics

Padula

Famous residents

Transport

The town counts a railway station on the abandoned Sicignano-Lagonegro line, closed in 1987. It is served by the A2 motorway Salerno-Reggio Calabria, at the exit "Padula-Buonabitacolo", which is the northern end of a highway to Policastro Bussentino on the Cilentan Coast. Nearest airports are Salerno-Pontecagnano (97 km far) and Naples-Capodichino (168 km).

Festivals and events

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. ↑ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ↑ (in Italian) Source: Istat 2011


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