San Marco, Castellabate

Frazione in Campania, Italy

San Marco Sandu Marco
Dialing code		(+39) 0974
Patron saint	St. Mark
Saint day	25 April

San Marco (Cilentan: Sandu Marco) is a southern Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Castellabate, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2009 its population was of 1,139.^[1]

History

Settled since the Paleolithic, San Marco was the location of the Ancient Roman town of Erculia.^[2] The village was first mentioned in 1168, identified as the farmhouse of Sancti Marci, part of the baronage of Castello dell'Abate. The original settlement extended behind the current port, and has expanded towards the end of the 20th century to the inland, due to its touristic growth.

Geography

Located in the central-northern side of Cilento, by the Tyrrhenian Sea, San Marco is extended from the national road 267, at the zone of Torretta, to the coast nearby the park of Licosa. It borders with the other frazione of Santa Maria and is 4 km far from Castellabate, 15 from Agropoli, 6 from Case del Conte, 11,5 from Agnone Cilento and 18 from Acciaroli. It counts a port that is served by hydrofoils^[3] for passenger transport.^[4][5]

Media

• Agostino Di Bartolomei (1955-1994), football player
• Marek Jackowski (1946-2013), polish rock musician

Gallery

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  Promenade nearby an Ancient Roman necropolis
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  The ancient tower of Torretta^[8]
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  De Angelis Palace

See also

• Cilentan dialect
• Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park

References