Demonym(s) Sicignanesi Postal code 84029 Local time Tuesday 1:00 AM Dialling code 0828 | Elevation 605 m (1,985 ft) Area 80 km² Patron saint Matthew the Apostle | |
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Frazioni Castelluccio Cosentino, Galdo degli Alburni, Scorzo, Terranova, Zuppino Weather 7°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 91% Humidity | ||
Sicignano degli Alburni (also known simply as Sicignano) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy. As of 2011, its population was of 3,419.
Contents
- Map of Sicignano degli Alburni Province of Salerno Italy
- History
- Overview
- Frazioni
- Transport
- Personalities
- References
Map of Sicignano degli Alburni, Province of Salerno, Italy
History
The Roman war hero Lucio Siccio Dentato, or Lucius Sicinius Dentatus, of the gens Sicinia founded Sicignano degli Alburni as his ancient latifundium.
The earliest documentation of Sicignano is from a medieval donation document dated 1086 of the Norman count Asclettino Sicignano, Lord of Polla († 1086), gives the abbey of Cava dei Tirreni the monastery of St. Peter and St. Catherine's Church, located in the Castrum Pollae.
From 1811 to 1860, Sicignano was part of the district of Postiglione, belonging to the District of Country of the Two Sicilies.
From 1860 to 1927, during the Kingdom of Italy it was part of the district of Postiglione, belonging to the district to campaign.
Overview
Sicignano is located between the valley of the Tanagro river and the Alburni mountain range; its territory lying mostly within the Parco nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano.
The municipality is bordered by Auletta, Buccino, Castelcivita, Contursi Terme, Ottati, Palomonte, Petina and Postiglione.
Frazioni
The municipality of Sicignano (2,039 inh. in the chief town) has 3 hamlets ("frazioni"):
The municipality includes also several inhabited localities, mainly composed by few scattered farms. The localities are: Acquara, Acqua della Battaglia, Acqua Salice, Arestusa, Bauso, Buonocanto, Casale, Cerzolle, Colasoria, Corticelle, Cropana, Galdo Scalo, Giungarico, Padula, Padule, Patricella, Pellicara, Piesco, Rotale, Sant'Arsenio, Santa Croce, San Giovanni, San Licandro (Sicignano Scalo), Taverna Castello, Tempa delle Ginestre, Tempe, Varamanna and Vignali.
Transport
The town has a railway station on the Salerno–Potenza–Taranto line, located 10 km north. Sicignano station is also the junction point of a line, the Sicignano–Lagonegro, closed in 1987, that counts two other station in the municipal territory: Castelluccio Cosentino and Galdo.
The municipality is crossed by the A3 motorway Naples-Reggio Calabria, and is served by the exit "Sicignano-Potenza", that is also the western end of the RA 05 motorway to Potenza. The national highway SS 19 crosses the villages of Scorzo and Zuppino.