Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino (
Campanian
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comune
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province of Salerno in the
Campania
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region of southern
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. The town is commonly known also in the abbreviated naming form of ''Sant'Egidio Montalbino''.
Geography
Located at the feet of the
Monti Lattari, the town is bordered by
Angri,
Corbara
Corbara is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Geography
The municipality borders with Angri, Lettere
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Pagani,
San Marzano sul Sarno and
Tramonti.
History
In Roman times, villas and an aqueduct were built in this area.
In the 8th century, the nocerini who had escaped from Nuceria Alfaterna took refuge there and the monks founded the Abbey of San Nicola and Sant'Egidio, which later became Santa Maddalena in Armillis.
From the 15th century it was known as Universitas Sanctii Ægidii, part of Nocera dei Pagani, at the end of the 16th century the city of Corbara separated from it and became an autonomous university. In 1806 the municipality of Sant'Egidio was born. In 1928 it was, for a few years, a fraction of the municipality of Angri.
The poet and composer Aniello Califano was from Sant'Egidio, who wrote the famous song 'O surdato 'nnammurato.
Main sights
Sights include the so-called ''Fonte Helvius'', a Roman marble slab portraying the god
Sarnus: it contains a fountain fed by an ancient subterranean aqueduct.
See also
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Chiunzi
References
External links
Cities and towns in Campania
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