Agropoli

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Agropoli
Comune
Comune di Agropoli
Panoramic view
Agropoli within the Province of Salerno
Location of Agropoli
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	84043
Dialing code	0974
Patron saint	Sts. Peter and Paul
Saint day	June 29
Website	Official website

Agropoli is a town and comune located in the Cilento area of the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. It is situated at the start of the Cilentan Coast, on the Tyrrhenian Sea.

History

Pre-medieval period

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The promontory on which Agropoli stands has been inhabited since Neolithic times. It seems, however, that it was not until the later Bronze and Iron Ages that it came to be continuously inhabited by a stable, indigenous population, which lived off hunting and fishing.

To the east of the promontory, at the mouth of the

of Hunting.

It has been established that in

.

Medieval period

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During the 5th century, when the Vandals made life difficult in Ercula, its inhabitants retreated to the overlooking promontory, which offered better prospects for defence. Then, in the 6th century, during the Greco-Gothic war (535-553), the Byzantines needed a secure, well-protected harbour, south of Salerno, so they fortified it, and called it Acropolis, meaning 'high town' or citadel. Acropolis remained in the hands of the Byzantines until 882, when the town fell to the

during this period.

For the rest of the medieval period, the area remained under the protection of the bishops, who also possessed huge territories, including the inhabited areas of

12 ounces of gold annually.

Modern period

The first statistics on Agropoli were compiled in 1445, when the town, including its dependent villages, had a total of 202 homes and, therefore, a similar number of families. Apart from a few changes, such as the temporary transfer to Rodrigo d'Avalos, Marquis of Vasto, from 1505 to 1507, Agropoli and its feudal lands were held by the Sanseverino family until 1552, when Prince Ferrante was accused of treason, and forced to give up all his possessions. After that, Agropoli passed to various families in succession:

• D'Ayerbo of Aragon (1553)
• Grimaldi (after 1564)
• Arcella Caracciolo (1597)
• Mendoza (1607)
• the Filomarino princes of Roccadaspide (1626)
• Mastrillo (1650)
• Zattara
• the Sanfelice, Dukes of Laureana (1660), who possessed the town until the abolition of feudalism in 1806.

Agropoli was a particular target of raids from

. The pirates managed to escape in their ships with a substantial amount of booty and many prisoners, but were nevertheless heavily defeated, and left many dead behind them.

During the 19th century, Agropoli began to expand outside the medieval walls, but the old town has remained intact, together with most of the surrounding defensive walls, and the 7th-century entrance gate.

Geography

The municipality borders with

.

It includes the hamlets (

Mattine

, Moio, Muoio, Madonna del Carmine, San Marco, Tarullo and Trentova.

Main sights

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The town, where some tombs predating the Byzantine period were recently found, also houses the medieval ruins of San Francesco's monastery, and the Churches of the Holy Mary of Constantinople (16th century), San Marco, and San Francesco. The beaches of Trentova Bay contribute to make Agropoli an important seaside resort.

The Angevin-Aragonese castle, which was built on the 6th century Byzantine foundations, still stands on top of the promontory. It has a triangular plan with three circular towers and a moat. To the west of the modern tourist harbour is another small promontory, on which the coastal tower of San Francesco (16th century) stands next to the much altered remains of the convent of the same name.

In the Municipal Antiquarian, there is a sizeable collection of archaeological finds, representing life in the area from prehistoric to medieval times.

Transportation

Agropoli has a train station on the Salerno–Reggio di Calabria railway. Road connection is guaranteed by the State highway SS18, which joins with the A2 Motorway at Battipaglia.

Agropoli has also a large tourist port, connected by ferries to Capri, Ischia, Salerno and Naples.

Sports

U.S. Agropoli 1921^[3] is the association football club representing the town, and its colors are white and light blue. In the season 2011-12 the team was promoted for the first time from 1990s, from Eccellenza Campania/B to Serie D

.

One of the companies of Athletic is the ASD Agropoli Running, founded on October 26, 2011.[4]

Titular see

Agropoli is a titular see of the Catholic Church. It has been the title of:

• Zenon Grocholewski (21 December 1982 – 21 February 2001)
• Marc Ouellet (3 March 2001 – 15 November 2002)
• Pedro López Quintana (6 January 2003 – present)

Note: Pope Paul VI named John Paul Elford titular bishop of Agropoli in 1968,^[5] but Elford declined the appointment.^[6]

Gallery

• 
  Old town seen from the coast
• 
  A road in the old town
• 
  Aragonese Castle
• 
  Panoramic view

Twin towns

• Chili, New York, United States

See also

• Cilentan dialect
• Cilentan Coast
• Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park

References

1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. Istat
   2011
3. ^ (in Italian) US Agropoli website Archived June 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ (in Italian) Agropoli Running website
5. ^ "Coadjutor, two auxiliaries named by Pope Paul". Catholic News Service. 24 July 1968. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
6. ^ "Bishopric Declined in Indiana". The Catholic Advocate. October 31, 1968. Retrieved January 11, 2021.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Agropoli.

• Official website (in Italian)
• Photo Album of Agropoli Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Agropoli on cilento-travel.com Archived 2016-03-13 at the Wayback Machine