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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Salerno (SA)

Demonym(s)
  
Cellesi

Elevation
  
234 m

Local time
  
Tuesday 12:17 PM

Region
  
Campania

Frazioni
  
Poderia

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Province
  
Province of Salerno

Postal code
  
84040

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind S at 23 km/h, 93% Humidity

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Celle di Bulgheria, also shortened as Celle Bulgheria, is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. As of 2011 its population was of 1,968.

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Map of 84040 Celle di Bulgheria Province of Salerno, Italy

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History

The town was named after the Bulgars who settled here in the early Middle Ages.

Geography

Celle Bulgheria is located in Southern Cilento, near the mount Bulgheria, and is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park. It borders with the municipalities of Camerota, Centola, Laurito, Montano Antilia and Roccagloriosa. Its hamlet (frazione) is the nearby village of Poderia.

Main sights

  • De Luca Palace
  • Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snow) church
  • Saint Sophia church, in Poderia
  • Mount Bulgheria
  • Transport

    Celle di Bulgheria counts a railway station, Celle Bulgheria-Roccagloriosa, on the Naples-Salerno-Reggio Calabria railway line.

    Crossed by the "Cilentana" highway Salerno-Sapri to the south, has the nearest exits at Poderia (west) and Roccagloriosa (east). Other provincial roads serving the municipality are:

  • SP 17/b "Bivio San Cataldo-Celle-Poderia-Mingardo Bridge"
  • SP 58 "SP 17 junction-Celle railway station"
  • SP 198 "SS 18 junction-Sant'Andrea-Palombara-SP 17 junction"
  • SP 209 "SP 17 junction (Poderia)-SP 58 junction (Celle)"
  • SP 430/c "Futani-Massicelle-Poderia"
  • SP 430/d "Roccagloriosa-Policastro Bussentino"
  • Personalities

  • Antonio Maria De Luca (1764–1828), priest and patriot
  • Salvatore Venuta (1944–2007), biologist and oncologist
  • Twin towns

  • Veliki Preslav, Bulgaria
  • References

    Celle di Bulgheria Wikipedia