Roscigno

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Comune in Campania, Italy

Coat of arms

Roscigno within the Province of Salerno

Location of Roscigno

40°23′57.89″N 15°20′47.97″E / 40.3994139°N 15.3466583°E / 40.3994139; 15.3466583CountryItalyRegionCampaniaProvinceSalerno (SA)Government

• MayorPino Palmieri Area

^[1]

• Total15.18 km² (5.86 sq mi)Elevation

570 m (1,870 ft)Population

(30 November 2017)^[2]

• Total796 • Density52/km² (140/sq mi)DemonymRoscignoliTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

84020

Dialing code0828Patron saintSt. RochSaint day16 AugustWebsiteOfficial website

Roscigno is a small town and comune in Salerno, Campania, Italy. It is located on the slope of Monte Pruno.

Geography

Roscigno is situated in the central area of Cilento. It is within Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park and the Cilento World Heritage Site. The municipality borders with Bellosguardo, Corleto Monforte, Laurino, Sacco and Sant'Angelo a Fasanella.^[3]

The town is divided in Roscigno Nuova (New Roscigno, simply referred as Roscigno), the new settlement built after a landslide at the old settlement; now named Roscigno Vecchia (Old Roscigno), distant 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from the "new town".

Main sights

Roscigno Vecchia (Old Roscigno, also named Roscigno Vecchio – 40°24′07″N 15°20′21″E / 40.401823°N 15.339255°E / 40.401823; 15.339255) is an example of a 19th-century rural town developed around a central square and a church unmodified by modern architectural or infrastructural changes.

It has been completely abandoned since the early 20th century, when the population moved to Roscigno Nuovo due to a landslide. Now open for tourism, the ghost town was declared an eco museum^[4] in the early 21st century. Nearby, and also in the province of Salerno, there is another example of ghost town: the old village of Romagnano al Monte.

Some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) outside the town is the archaeological site on Monte Pruno, a settlement of the Oenotrians and the Lucani (7th-3rd centuries BC).

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ (in Italian) Source: Istat 2011
^ 40487 (x a j h) Roscigno on OpenStreetMap
^ (in Italian) Info on roscignovecchia.it