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Roscigno
Comune
Comune di Roscigno
Panoramic view of Roscigno showing also Roscigno Vecchia (below in the right corner)
Coat of arms
Roscigno within the Province of Salerno
Location of Roscigno
Roscigno Location of Roscigno in Italy Show map of Italy Roscigno Roscigno (Campania) Show map of Campania
Coordinates: 40°23′57.89″N 15°20′47.97″E / 40.3994139°N 15.3466583°E / 40.3994139; 15.3466583
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Salerno (SA)
Government
• Mayor	Pino Palmieri
Area [1]
• Total	15.18 km2 (5.86 sq mi)
Elevation	570 m (1,870 ft)
Population  (30 November 2017)[2]
• Total	796
• Density	52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym	Roscignoli
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	84020
Dialing code	0828
Patron saint	St. Roch
Saint day	16 August
Website	Official website

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

Geographyedit

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 sightsedit

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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).

See alsoedit

• Cilentan dialect

Referencesedit

External linksedit

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• (in Italian) Official website
• (in Italian) Roscigno Vecchia website

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