Auletta is a town and ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...

'' in the

province of Salerno The Province of Salerno ( it, Provincia di Salerno) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. __TOC__ Geography The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 131,950; Cava de' Tirreni, Battipagl ...

in the

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region of south-western

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History

According to a legend retold by historian Giovan Battista Pacichelli, the name of Auletta would stem from Auleto, one of

Aeneas In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (, ; from ) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus (mythology), Venus). His father was a first cousin of King Priam of Troy (both ...

' companions. Another suggested origin is ''olea'', the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...

word for "oil", and the town is mentioned as ''Olibola'' in 1095 and ''Olivola'' in 1131. Auletta was already fortified around the year 1000, the castle also being built in this period. Immediately the

Unification of Italy The unification of Italy ( it, Unità d'Italia ), also known as the ''Risorgimento'' (, ; ), was the 19th-century political and social movement that resulted in the consolidation of different states of the Italian Peninsula into a single s ...

, in 1861, the population rose against the Piedmontese

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troops. 45 local people were killed in what is remembered as the ''Massacro di Auletta'' ("Auletta Massacre"). In 1943 it was bombed by the Allied due to the presence of a battery of German guns.

Geography

The bordering municipalities are

Buccino Buccino is a town and ''comune'' in Campania in Italy, in the province of Salerno, located about 700 m above sea level. Geography The municipality borders with Auletta, Colliano, Palomonte, Romagnano al Monte, Salvitelle, San Gregorio Magno ...

, Caggiano,

Corleto Monforte Corleto Monforte (Campanian: ) is a town and ''comune'' with 615 residents in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. History Corleto Monforte gets its name from the Latin word ''coryletum'', meaning "a thicket of h ...

, Pertosa, Petina, Polla,

Salvitelle Salvitelle (Campanian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southwestern Italy. Geography The municipality borders with Auletta, Buccino, Caggiano, Romagnano al Monte and Vietri di Potenza Vietri ...

and Sicignano degli Alburni.

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Campania Localities of Cilento {{Campania-geo-stub

History

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