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Abatemarco

FieldValue
nameAbatemarco
image_skylineAbatemarco (OpenStreetMap).png
image_captionOSM map of Abatemarco showing the nearby settlements of Massicelle (lower left corner)
and Montano Antilia (upper right corner)
coordinates
regionCampania
provinceSalerno (SA)
comuneMontano Antilia
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m420
population_footnotes
population_total309
population_as_of2011
gentilicAbatesi
saintSt. Roch
postal_code84060
area_code(+39) 0974

and Montano Antilia (upper right corner) Abatemarco is a southern Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Montano Antilia, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. in 2011 it had a population of 309.

History

The village was founded in Early Middle Ages around the Byzantine church of San Nicola di Mira. It was named after the local abbot () of Santa Cecilia Monastery, Marco. Anciently focused on the cultivation of flax, Abatemarco passed, through trades, to various local lordships, until becoming part of Montano Antilia from 1811.

Geography

Located in southern Cilento and transcluded into its national park, Abatemarco is a hill village that lies above the Serrapotamo river valley, between Massicelle (4 km southwest) and Montano Antilia (4 km northeast), and spans on the provincial road SP143.

It is 7 km from Futani, 10 from Laurito, 11 from Cuccaro Vetere, 18 from Vallo della Lucania and 22 from Palinuro. The highway exit of "Massicelle", part of the SP430 "Cilentana" Salerno-Sapri, is 3.5 km far.

Main sights

  • The Byzantine St. Nicholas of Mira Church (Chiesa di San Nicola di Mira), rebuilt in 1700.
  • The Chapel of St. Roch (Cappella di San Rocco), the patron saint.

References

References

  1. {{in lang. it [http://italia.indettaglio.it/ita/campania/salerno_montanoantilia_abatemarco.html Abatemarco on italia.indettaglio.it]
  2. {{in lang. it [https://www.tuttocitta.it/mappa/abatemarco Abatemarco on tuttocitta.it]
  3. {{in lang. link. (2006-05-12)
  4. {{in lang. it [http://www.montanoantilia.gov.it/Vivi-Citt%C3%A0/Abatemarco/La-coltivazione-del-lino Flax cultivation in Abatemarco (Montano Antilia municipal website)]
  5. {{OSM. n. 444739990. Abatemarco
  6. {{OSM. n. 1324508104. Massicelle (highway exit)
  7. {{in lang. it [http://www.montanoantilia.gov.it/Vivi-Citt%C3%A0/Abatemarco/Chiesa-di-S-Nicola-di-Mira San Rocco Chapel (Montano Antilia municipal website)]
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