Auletta is a town and ''

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'' in the

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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 Troy, 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 ...

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

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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

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, 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 Magn ...

, 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 Buccino is a town and ''comune'' in Campania in Italy, in the ...

and

Sicignano degli Alburni Sicignano degli Alburni (also known simply as Sicignano) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy. History The Roman war hero Lucius Sicinius Dentatus, of the gens Sicinia, founded Sicignano ...

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

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