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.
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History
The village was founded in 1150, as a military camp, that hosted the troops of Roger II of Sicily
Roger II ( it, Ruggero II; 22 December 1095 – 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily
Roger I ( it, Ruggero I, Arabic: ''رُجار'', ''Rujār''; Maltese: ''Ruġġieru'', – 22 June 1101), nicknamed Rog ...
, 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
Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important Tourism, tourist area of southern Italy.
Cilento is known as one of the centers of Mediterranean diet.
Geograph ...
, 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.Info on Torre Orsaia municipal website
section "Vivere la città", then "Musei e monumenti", then see the list
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
Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...
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Reggio Calabria
Reggio di Calabria ( scn, label= Southern Calabrian, Riggiu; el, label= Calabrian Greek, Ρήγι, Rìji), usually referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria. It has an estimated popul ...
railway, is 7 km south.
Gallery
See also
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Cilentan dialect
The Cilentan dialect (in it, Cilentano, in Cilentan: or ) is a Neapolitan dialect spoken in the area of Cilento, located in the southern part of the Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy.
Influences
It has been influenced, especially in t ...
References
External links
Castel Ruggero websiteCastel Ruggero and Torre Orsaia
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Frazioni of the Province of Salerno
Localities of Cilento
Former municipalities of Campania