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Castel Ruggero

Field	Value
name	Castel Ruggero
image_skyline	Castel Ruggero.jpg
image_caption	View of the old town
coordinates
region	Campania
province	Salerno (SA)
comune	Torre Orsaia
elevation_m	426
population_footnotes
population_total	400
population_as_of	2011
gentilic	Castelruggeresi
saint	St Mary of the Snows
day	5 August
postal_code	84077
area_code	(+39) 0974
website

Castel Ruggero, also spelled as Castelruggero, is a southern Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Torre Orsaia, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2011, it had a population of 400.

History

The village was founded in 1150, as a military camp, that hosted the troops of Roger II of Sicily, and was named Castra Rogerii. Later, it was named Torre Superiore (i.e. "Upper Tower"), to distinguish it from Torre Inferiore ("Lower Tower", the current Torre Orsaia). In 1811 the village resumed the original name and became, until 1927, an autonomous municipality, when it merged in Torre Orsaia.

Geography

Castel Ruggero is a hill village located in southern Cilento, part of its national park, that lies above Torre Orsaia (1.7 km south). It is 7 km from Roccagloriosa, 11 from Alfano, 13 from Policastro (by the Tyrrhenian Coast), and 14 from Sicilì and Morigerati.

Main sights

Main sights of the village include the old town and its palaces (De Siervi, Imbriaco, Mariosa, Pecorelli) and the Sanctuary of St. Anthony.

Transport

Castel Ruggero is crossed in the middle by the national highway SS 18, and the exit "Torre Orsaia", part of the SS 517/var highway Padula-Policastro, that is 8 km south. Torre Orsaia station, located in the village of Calleo and part of the Naples-Salerno-Reggio Calabria railway, is 7 km south.

Gallery

|File:Palazzo Mariosa (Castel Ruggero).jpg|Mariosa Palace |File:View of Via Gelso (Castel Ruggero)-2.jpg|A road in the old town

References

{{in lang. it [https://italia.indettaglio.it/ita/campania/salerno_torreorsaia_castelruggero.html Info on italia.indettaglio.it]
{{in lang. it [https://www.tuttocitta.it/mappa/castel-ruggero Castel Ruggero on tuttocitta.it]
{{in lang. it [http://castelruggerocilentoland.weebly.com/storia.html History of Castel Ruggero]
{{OSM. n. 1237466499. Castel Ruggero
{{in lang. it [http://www.comune.torre-orsaia.sa.it/ Info on Torre Orsaia municipal website]: section "Vivere la città", then "Musei e monumenti", then see the list

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