Montecorvino Pugliano

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Montecorvino Pugliano
Comune di Montecorvino Pugliano
View of Pugliano.
View of Pugliano.
Coat of arms of Montecorvino Pugliano
Montecorvino Pugliano within the Province of Salerno and Campania
Montecorvino Pugliano within the
Province of Salerno and Campania
Location of Montecorvino Pugliano
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Saint day20 May
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Montecorvino Pugliano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. The communal seat is in Pugliano; no settlement in the municipality is called "Montecorvino", a toponym related to the nearby commune of Montecorvino Rovella.

Geography

Montecorvino borders with the municipalities of Bellizzi, Giffoni Valle Piana, Montecorvino Rovella and Pontecagnano Faiano.

It includes the frazioni of Pugliano (seat), Bivio Pratole, Pagliarone, Santa Tecla, San Vito and Torello.

Main sights

In south of Santa Tecla, near the road linking the village to Faiano, there are some ancient Roman thermae (40°39′51″N 14°55′10″E / 40.66412°N 14.91956°E / 40.66412; 14.91956) with a spring of sulphurous water.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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  3. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ^ (in Italian) Article about the decay of the ancient Thermae

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