Santa Barbara (Ceraso)
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S.Barbara |
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| Country: | Italy |
| Region: |  Campania |
| Province: |  Salerno |
| Municipality: | Ceraso |
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| Population: | 1,000 |
| Elevation: | 275 amsl |
| Postal code: | 84052 |
| Dialing code: | 0974 |
| Gentilic: | Barbaresi |
| Website: | Comune of Ceraso |
The village of Santa Barbara is an hamlet (frazione) of the commune of Ceraso in the Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. It has a population of roughly a thousand [1].
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[edit] Geography
The village is located in the middle of Cilento and its national park, 3 km in south of Ceraso, on the provincial road from Vallo della Lucania to Ascea and nearby the green area of Gelbison mountain. It has a little locality named Isca nearby the little river Fiumarella.
Santa Barbara is far 7 km from Vallo della Lucania, 16 from Ascea, 18 from Velia, and almost 80 from Salerno. Nearby the town of Ceraso there is an exit of a modern carriageway, rapid variation on national road SS 18, who runs from Salerno - Battipaglia > Paestum - Agropoli - Vallo della Lucania, to Palinuro - Policastro > Sapri.
[edit] History
The village was founded around the year 1005 [2]. It has got a little castle, ancient seat of the local marquesses "Ferolla".
[edit] References
- ^ (Italian) Infos at web site of Ceraso
- ^ (Italian) Infos about the history of Santa Barbara at galacasacastra.it
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Italian) Comune of Ceraso
- (Italian) History of S.Barbara (on galcasacastra.it)
