Camerota is a town and ''
comune
A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...
'' in the
province of Salerno
The province of Salerno () is a province in the Campania region of Italy. It has 1,054,766 inhabitants as of 2025.
Geography
The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 131,950; Cava de' Tirreni, Bat ...
in the
Campania
Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...
region of south-western
Italy
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.
History
Its toponym could come from the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
word "καμαρὸτος" (kamaròtos), meaning curved; or from the
Latin
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word "camurus", with the same meaning.
Geography
Camerota is a hill town situated in the southern area of
Cilento
Cilento () is an Italian mountain range (part of the Lucan Apennines), which gives its name to a geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the province of Salerno. Is an important tourist area of southern Italy.
...
, 6 km north of the
Cilentan Coast
The Cilento Coast (Italian: ''Costiera Cilentana'') is an Italian stretch of coastline in Cilento, on the southern side of the Province of Salerno. It is situated between the gulfs of Salerno and Policastro, extending from the municipalities o ...
. The municipality borders with
Celle di Bulgheria
Celle di Bulgheria, also shortened as ''Celle'', 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 wa ...
,
Centola
Centola ( Cilentan: ''Cendula'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Geography
Located in southern Cilento, Centola borders with the municipalities of Camerota, Celle di Bulgheria, ...
,
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, S ...
and
San Giovanni a Piro
San Giovanni a Piro ( Cilentan: ''San Giuanni'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.
Geography
The town is located on a hill on the road linking Marina di Camerota to Policastro Bussentin ...
.
''Frazioni''
The municipality of Camerota (1,585 inh. in the chief town) has 3 hamlets
(""):
[ Camerota municipal website]
Licusati
Lentiscosa,
Licusati and
Marina di Camerota
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A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo ...
.
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
Porto (), also known in English as Oporto, is the second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipalit ...
.
See also
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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 Cilenta ...
*
Cilentan dialect
The Cilentan dialect (endonym: or ; ), also known as Cilento dialect, 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, especia ...
*
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park
Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park (Italian language, Italian ''Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni'') is an List of National Parks of Italy, Italian national park in the Province of Salerno, in Campania in southe ...
References
External links
Official website
Localities of Cilento
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