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Scala | |
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Comune di Scala | |
Coordinates: 40°39′N14°36′E / 40.650°N 14.600°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Campania |
Province | Salerno (SA) |
Frazioni | San Pietro, Santa Caterina, Campidoglio, Minuta, Pontone |
Government | |
• Mayor | Luigi Mansi |
Area | |
• Total | 13.86 km2 (5.35 sq mi) |
Elevation | 360 m (1,180 ft) |
Population (31 December 2017) [2] | |
• Total | 1,516 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Demonym | Scalesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 84010 |
Dialing code | 089 |
Patron saint | St. Lawrence |
Saint day | August 10 |
Website | Official website |
Scala is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is located on a rocky hill c. 400 m above sea-level and is part of the Amalfi Coast.[ citation needed ]
According to an ancient and unproven tradition, it was founded by Roman shipwrecks travelling to Constantinople. In the Middle Ages Scala was, together with Ravello, the most important fortification of the Duchy of Amalfi. Its two castles (mentioned in a document of c. 1000 AD) were sacked by Robert Guiscard in 1073 and destroyed by the Pisane sixty years later. In 1210 the fate repeated with the troops of Otto IV and, in the late century, during the Sicilian Vespers.[ citation needed ]
The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, commonly known as the Redemptorists, were founded in Scala by Saint Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori.[ citation needed ]
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Scala is divided into six different hamlets with precise identities: from north to south, Santa Caterina, Campoleone, Campidoglio, Scala, Minuta and Pontone. Attractions include:[ citation needed ]
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