San Marco (Castellabate)

San Marco
Frazione
San Marco

Location of San Marco in Italy

Coordinates: 40°16′2.78″N 14°56′20.33″E / 40.2674389°N 14.9389806°E / 40.2674389; 14.9389806Coordinates: 40°16′2.78″N 14°56′20.33″E / 40.2674389°N 14.9389806°E / 40.2674389; 14.9389806
Country  Italy
Region  Campania
Province Salerno (SA)
Comune Castellabate
Elevation 15 m (49 ft)
Population (2009)[1]
 • Total 1,139
Demonym(s) Sammarchesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 84071
Dialing code (+39) 0974
Patron saint St. Mark
Saint day 25 April
Village centre with the church of St. Mark

San Marco is a southern Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Castellabate, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2009 its population was of 1,139.[1]

History

Settled since the Paleolithic, San Marco was the location of the Ancient Roman town of Erculia.[2] The village was first mentioned in 1168, identified as the farmhouse of Sancti Marci, part of the baronage of Castello dell'Abate. The original settlement extended behind the current port, and has expanded towards the end of the 20th century to the inland, due to its touristic growth.

Geography

Located in the central-northern side of Cilento, by the Tyrrhenian Sea, San Marco is extended from the national road 267, at the zone of Torretta, to the coast nearby the park of Licosa. It borders with the other frazione of Santa Maria and is 4 km far from Castellabate, 15 from Agropoli, 6 from Case del Conte, 11,5 from Agnone Cilento and 18 from Acciaroli. It counts a port that is served by hydrofoils[3] for passenger transport.[4][5]

Media

Benvenuti al Sud,[6] an Italian adaptation of the 2008 French film Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis, has been set in Castellabate and partly in Santa Maria and San Marco.[7]

Personalities

Gallery

  1. ^ Note: Torretta means, in Italian, "little tower"

See also

References

  1. 1 2 (Italian) Infos at italia.indettaglio.it
  2. ↑ (Italian) History of Castellabate
  3. ↑ (Italian) Hydrofoils in Cilento: timetables and infos
  4. ↑ (Italian) The port of San Marco at castellabateinfo.it
  5. ↑ (Italian) The port of San Marco on pagineazzurre.com
  6. ↑ Benvenuti al Sud at the Internet Movie Database
  7. ↑ (Italian) Article on the Corriere del Mezzogiorno

External links

Media related to San Marco at Wikimedia Commons

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