Magliano Nuovo

Magliano Nuovo
Magliano Nuovo
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Patron saint	St. Irene

Magliano Nuovo is a southern Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Magliano Vetere, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2011, its population was 334.^[1]

History

The village was the site of an ancient

Carafa and Pasca. The site was resettled in 1669, when a fire damaged Magliano and the survivors built a new village there, naming it Magliano Nuovo ("New Magliano"). When, some years later, the original site was rebuilt, it took the name of Magliano Vetere ("Old Magliano").^[2]

Geography

Located in the middle of

its national park, Magliano Nuovo lies above a mountain (700 m) between the valleys of the rivers Alento and Calore Lucano, 3 km west of Magliano Vetere.^[3] A detached quarter, named Palazzo Soccorso (40°20′06.9″N 15°15′00.2″E / 40.335250°N 15.250056°E

), lies below the old town, at an altitude of 600 m, and spans on the national highway SR 488.

Magliano is 4 km far from

Capizzo and Stio, 8 from Monteforte Cilento, 13 from Laurino and Campora, 18 from Felitto and Vallo della Lucania, and 37 from Agropoli

.

Main sights

The "Magliano Nuovo - Postiglione" mountain path for trekking lover

The Medieval Bridge over the river

The Goth Castle, built in the 6th century in the highest point of the village [2]
The Assumption of Mary Church (Santa Maria dell'Assunta)^[4]
The "Preta Perciata", an underground mountain pass built in the 11th century connecting the valleys of Alento and Calore^[5]