Scafati
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Scafati | |
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Comune di Scafati | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 84018 |
Dialing code | 081 |
Patron saint | Santa Maria delle Vergini |
Saint day | Fourth Sunday of July |
Website | Official website |
Scafati Latin: Scafatum) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Salerno, in the Italian region of Campania.
Geography
Scafati is situated on the river
Sant'Antonio Abate and Santa Maria la Carità
.
History
In the early Middle Ages, the Scafati area was on the border between the
Sarno river
plain was stripped of the woods and a Royal road was opened in it.
During the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Scafati was the seat of textile workshops and of an artillery magazine, established by king Ferdinand II. Scafati was damaged by falls of pyroclastic rocks in the course of the 1707 Mount Vesuvius eruption.
During World War II, it was liberated from the German occupation by British troops on 28 September 1943.
People
- porn actress and adult model
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- Istat