Giffoni Sei Casali

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Giffoni Sei Casali
Comune di Giffoni Sei Casali
View of Capitignano, the municipal seat.
View of Capitignano, the municipal seat.
Coat of arms of Giffoni Sei Casali
Giffoni Sei Casali within the Province of Salerno and Campania
Giffoni Sei Casali within the
Province of Salerno and Campania
Location of Giffoni Sei Casali
Map
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84090
Dialing code089
WebsiteOfficial website

Giffoni Sei Casali (Campanian: Jfun) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

History

The communal seat, Capitignano, appeared when the Romans destroyed Picentia, whose inhabitants took refuge on the mountains nearby. The modern name, according to tradition, would derive from Caput Jani ("Janus' head"), referring to the head of statue of the god which they brought to the new site.

Capitignano was part of the

Kingdom of Two Sicilies
until 1860, as part of the district of Salerno.

Geography

The municipality is situated in a hill zone by the Picentini mountain range. It borders with the municipalities of Calvanico, Castiglione del Genovesi, Fisciano, Giffoni Valle Piana and San Cipriano Picentino.

Giffoni is divided into four

Sieti
.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. Istat

External links

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