Pioppi

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Pioppi
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Pioppi
Location of Pioppi in Italy
Coordinates: 40°10′28.48″N15°05′21.96″E / 40.1745778°N 15.0894333°E / 40.1745778; 15.0894333 Coordinates: 40°10′28.48″N15°05′21.96″E / 40.1745778°N 15.0894333°E / 40.1745778; 15.0894333
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Region Campania
Province Salerno (SA)
Comune Pollica
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2009 [1] )
 • Total317
Demonym(s) Pioppesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84068
Dialing code (+39) 0974
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The coastal tower of Pioppi

Pioppi is an Italian hamlet ( frazione ) in the municipality of Pollica (Province of Salerno), in Cilento, Campania region. Its name means 'poplars' in the Italian language.

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History

The area of the village was a dependency of the Benedictine Abbey of Cava de' Tirreni. In 994 a church was built, named Sancta Maria de li Puppi. Around the building grew a fisherman's village, totally destroyed during the Sicilian Vespers (1282-1302) and rebuilt some years later. [2]

Geography

This coastal village by the Tyrrhenian Sea is between Acciaroli and Marina di Casalvelino (a civil parish of Casal Velino). It is 10 km from the ancient Greek town of Velia and 4.6 km from Pollica.

Tourism

Pioppi, part of Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, is a tourist destination, especially in the summer. Due to the quality of its water, it has won the "Blue Flag Beach" [3] award for several years.

One of its sights is the Museo Vivo del Mare ('Sea Museum'), in an ancient building named Palazzo Vinciprova. [4]

People

Things named after

There is a fad-diet book named after this village called The Pioppi Diet by Aseem Malhotra and Donal O'Neill. [10]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ (in Italian) Info on italia.indettaglio.it
  2. ↑ (in Italian) History of Pioppi on Pollica municipal website
  3. ↑ Pioppi page on www.blueflag.org
  4. ↑ (in Italian) Info on the museum's official site
  5. ↑ "Ancel Keys". The Florentine. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  6. ↑ "Ancel Keys". The American Physiological Society (Press release). 2004. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  7. ↑ (in Italian) Article on Pollica municipal website
  8. ↑ (in Finnish) Pekka Puska, Martti J. Karvonen. Professori s. 24.6.1918 k. 10.3.2009, Helsingin Sanomat .
  9. ↑ Jeremiah Stamler, MD (b.1919), profile in History of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology , School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
  10. ↑ Harris-Fry, Nick (28 June 2017). "What Is The Pioppi Diet?". Coach. Retrieved 2018-07-09.

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