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197 BCE - Roman colony Salernum founded at site of former Etruscan town Irnthi. [1] 79 CE - Salerno was buried by the rain of ash and debris of the eruption of Vesuvius that razed Pompeii and Herculaneum to the ground [2] 5th-7th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Salerno established. [3] 646 CE - Salerno becomes part of the Lombard Duchy of ...
The area of what is now Salerno has been continuously settled since pre-historical times, as the discoveries of Neolithic mummy remains documents. [9] Inhabited by Oscan-speaking populations, the region was colonized by the Etruscans, who founded the city of Irnthi in the 6th century BC, across the Irno river, in what is today city quarter of Fratte, as a part of their Dodecapolis political ...
Salerno: 135,818 065117 Salvitelle: 657 065118 San Cipriano Picentino: 6,489 065119 San Giovanni a Piro: 3,819 065120 San Gregorio Magno: 4,621 065121 San Mango Piemonte: 2,355 065122 San Marzano sul Sarno: 9,738 065123 San Mauro Cilento: 993 065124 San Mauro la Bruca: 747 065125 San Pietro al Tanagro: 1,716 065126 San Rufo: 1,799 065127 Santa ...
Teggiano (Teggianese: Rianu), formerly Diano, is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. It is situated on an isolated eminence above the upper part of the valley to which it gives the name of Vallo di Diano. [3]
In 851, Louis, King of Italy, divided the principality into two sections: one with its capital at Salerno and another with the original Benevento. [2] Salerno consisted of Taranto, Cassano, Cosenza, Paestum, Conza, Potenza, Sarno, Cimitile , Capua, Teano, and Sora. It was a maritime power with numerous seaports, including Salerno itself, and ...
San Rufo is a village and comune in the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of southern Italy located in the Vallo di Diano. San Rufo extends over 31 square kilometres, much of which is mountainous or hilly terrain. With defence in mind, the old town was built at over 600 meters above sea level.
Through the encouragement of Alfano I, Archbishop of Salerno and translations of Constantine Africanus, Salerno gained the title of "Town of Hippocrates" (Hippocratica Civitas or Hippocratica Urbs). People from all over the world flocked to the "Schola Salerni", both the sick, in the hope of recovering, and students, to learn the art of medicine.
It is located near the modern village of Novi Velia near Ascea in the Province of Salerno, Italy. It was founded by Greeks from Phocaea as Hyele (Ancient Greek: Ὑέλη) around 538–535 BC. The name later changed to Ele and then Elea (/ ˈ ɛ l i ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἐλέα) before it became known by its current Latin and Italian name ...