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Bulgheria
Bulgheria is a mountain in the southern Cilento region of the Province of Salerno, in the Campania region, of southern Italy. Geography The mountain is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park. The peak is near the southern Cilentan Coast in the municipalities of Celle di Bulgheria and Camerota, near San Giovanni a Piro and Roccagloriosa. History Its name comes from the Bulgar settlers, who settled here before the year 500, in the town of Celle di Bulgheria which stands on its slopes to the east side. The mountain is also known as the "sleeping lioness", because it looks like a huge lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ... resting with his eyes turned towards the east, and then the locals like to think it's a lion that is there to protect them. Re ...
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Celle Di Bulgheria
Celle di Bulgheria, also shortened as ''Celle Bulgheria'', is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. History The town was named after the Bulgars settled here with their leader Altsek (whose father was the second ever leader of the first bulgarian country) in the early Middle Ages. Geography Celle Bulgheria is located in Southern Cilento, near the mount Bulgheria, and is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park. It borders with the municipalities of Camerota, Centola, Laurito, Montano Antilia and Roccagloriosa. Its hamlet (''frazione'') is the nearby village of Poderia. Main sights *De Luca Palace *Madonna della Neve (Our Lady of the Snow) church *Saint Sophia church, in Poderia *Mount Bulgheria Transport Celle di Bulgheria counts a railway station, Celle Bulgheria-Roccagloriosa, on the Naples-Salerno-Reggio Calabria railway line. Crossed by the "Cilentana" highway Salerno-Sapri to the south, has the near ...
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Camerota
Camerota is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. History Its toponym could come from the Greek word "καμαρὸτος" (kamaròtos), meaning curved; or from the Latin word "camurus", with the same meaning. Geography Camerota is a hill town situated in the southern area of Cilento, 6 km north of the Cilentan Coast. The municipality borders with Celle di Bulgheria, Centola, Roccagloriosa and San Giovanni a Piro. ''Frazioni'' The municipality of Camerota (1,585 inh. in the chief town) has 3 hamlets ("''frazioni''"): Camerota municipal websiteLicusati Lentiscosa, Licusati and Marina di Camerota. The municipality includes also several inhabited localities, mainly composed by few scattered houses. The localities are: Cala d'Arconte, Isca della Contessa, L'Assunta, Lido Mingardo (or Spiaggia Mingardo), Monte di Luna and Porto Infreschi. See also * Bulgheria *Cilentan dialect *Cilento and Vallo di Diano Nat ...
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Roccagloriosa
Roccagloriosa ( Cilentan: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. The town is located in southern Cilento. It borders with Alfano, Camerota, Celle di Bulgheria, Laurito, Rofrano, San Giovanni a Piro and Torre Orsaia. See also *Bulgheria Bulgheria is a mountain in the southern Cilento region of the Province of Salerno, in the Campania region, of southern Italy. Geography The mountain is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park. The peak is near the southern Cilenta ... * Cilentan language References External links Roccagloriosa official website Cities and towns in Campania Localities of Cilento {{Campania-geo-stub ...
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