Palinuro
Encyclopedia
Palinuro is a small town, the most populated civil parish (frazione
) of Centola
, Province of Salerno
, in the Campania
region of Italy
. The name of the town is derived from Palinurus
, the helmsman of Aeneas
, as recorded in the fifth and sixth books of the Aeneid
.
, on the Tyrrhenian Sea
and in the northern part of Cape Palinuro
. The town, situated at the estuaries of the Lambro and Mingardo rivers, is also the main port of the comune
. It is 7 km from Centola, 8 km from Marina di Camerota
, 10 km from Pisciotta
and 80 km from Salerno
.
, an area of "shrubland
" typical of Mediterranean countries.
It is popular with tourists
, especially in summer
, due to the cleanliness of its waters and beaches; and is regularly awarded a Blue Flag
The town is also famous for the caves along its coast , which are regularly visited, especially by frogmen
.
and Naples
by hydrofoil
s. The nearest main road is 10 km to the north, connecting Salerno
-Battipaglia
-Paestum
-Agropoli
-Vallo della Lucania
-Policastro
-Sapri
.
The nearest railway station, Pisciotta-Palinuro (on the Naples
-Reggio Calabria
line) is 8 km to the north and is linked to the town by regular bus
es.
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
) of Centola
Centola
Centola is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.-Hamlets:The town of Centola has 4 hamlets :*Palinuro: The greatest one, located by the sea...
, Province of Salerno
Province of Salerno
The Province of Salerno is a province in the Campania region of Italy.-Geography:The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 139,579; Cava de' Tirreni with a population of 53,488; Battipaglia with a population of 51,115; and Nocera Inferiore which has a...
, in the Campania
Campania
Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...
region of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. The name of the town is derived from Palinurus
Palinurus
Palinurus, in Roman mythology, is the helmsman of a ship of the Trojan hero Aeneas, whose descendants would one day found the city of Rome. As the price for the safe passage of Aeneas and his people from Sicily to Italy, Palinurus loses his life, one on behalf of many Palinurus, in Roman mythology,...
, the helmsman of Aeneas
Aeneas
Aeneas , in Greco-Roman mythology, was a Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite. His father was the second cousin of King Priam of Troy, making Aeneas Priam's second cousin, once removed. The journey of Aeneas from Troy , which led to the founding a hamlet south of...
, as recorded in the fifth and sixth books of the Aeneid
Aeneid
The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It is composed of roughly 10,000 lines in dactylic hexameter...
.
Geography
Palinuro lies on the southern side of CilentoCilento
Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important tourist area of southern Italy.-Geography:...
, on the Tyrrhenian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
The Tyrrhenian Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy.-Geography:The sea is bounded by Corsica and Sardinia , Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, Basilicata and Calabria and Sicily ....
and in the northern part of Cape Palinuro
Cape Palinuro
Cape Palinuro is located in southeastern Italy, approximately 40 miles southwest of Salerno, in southern part of Cilento region. It is supposedly named after Palinurus, the helmsman of Aeneas' ship in Virgil's Aeneid. -Geography:Northern side of the cape is the location of Palinuro, a touristic...
. The town, situated at the estuaries of the Lambro and Mingardo rivers, is also the main port of the comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
. It is 7 km from Centola, 8 km from Marina di Camerota
Marina di Camerota
Marina di Camerota is an Italian town, the largest hamlet of Camerota, situated in the province of Salerno, Campania. In 2007 it had a population of 3,500 inhabitants.-Geography:...
, 10 km from Pisciotta
Pisciotta
Piscihotta is a town and comune in Campania, Italy, part of the province of Salerno. Piscihotta | Pisciotta -History:According to legend, Trojans escaping from the fire and the destruction of their city, Troy, founded Sires...
and 80 km from Salerno
Salerno
Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....
.
Tourism
Palinuro is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National ParkCilento and Vallo di Diano National Park
The Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park is an Italian national park founded in 1991...
, an area of "shrubland
Maquis shrubland
thumb|220px|Low Maquis in Corsica.220px|thumb|High macchia in Sardinia.Maquis or macchia is a shrubland biome in the Mediterranean region, typically consisting of densely growing evergreen shrubs such as holm oak, tree heath, strawberry tree, sage, juniper, buckthorn, spurge olive and myrtle...
" typical of Mediterranean countries.
It is popular with tourists
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
, especially in summer
Summer
Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice...
, due to the cleanliness of its waters and beaches; and is regularly awarded a Blue Flag
Blue Flag beach
The Blue Flag is a certification by the Foundation for Environmental Education that a beach or marina meets its stringent standards.The Blue Flag is a trademark owned by FEE which is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation consisting of 65 organisations in 60 member countries in Europe,...
The town is also famous for the caves along its coast , which are regularly visited, especially by frogmen
Frogman
A frogman is someone who is trained to scuba diving or swim underwater in a military capacity which can include combat. Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver or combatant diver or combat swimmer....
.
Transport
The town is linked to SalernoSalerno
Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....
and Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
by hydrofoil
Hydrofoil
A hydrofoil is a foil which operates in water. They are similar in appearance and purpose to airfoils.Hydrofoils can be artificial, such as the rudder or keel on a boat, the diving planes on a submarine, a surfboard fin, or occur naturally, as with fish fins, the flippers of aquatic mammals, the...
s. The nearest main road is 10 km to the north, connecting Salerno
Salerno
Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....
-Battipaglia
Battipaglia
Battipaglia is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy, with some 51,000 inhabitants.- History :The birth of the comune of Battipaglia was officialised by a Royal Decree on 28 March 1929...
-Paestum
Paestum
Paestum is the classical Roman name of a major Graeco-Roman city in the Campania region of Italy. It is located in the north of Cilento, near the coast about 85 km SE of Naples in the province of Salerno, and belongs to the commune of Capaccio, officially also named...
-Agropoli
Agropoli
Agropoli is a town and comune located in the Cilento area of the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. It is situated at the start of the Cilento coast, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Its population is 21.251.-Pre-medieval period:...
-Vallo della Lucania
Vallo della Lucania
Vallo della Lucania is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy...
-Policastro
Policastro Bussentino
Policastro Bussentino is an Italian hamlet , the greatest one in the municipality of Santa Marina in the province of Salerno, Campania region.-History:...
-Sapri
Sapri
Sapri is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is one of the southernmost towns of the region of Cilento and its population is 7,105.- History :...
.
The nearest railway station, Pisciotta-Palinuro (on the Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
-Reggio Calabria
Reggio Calabria
Reggio di Calabria , commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian...
line) is 8 km to the north and is linked to the town by regular bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
es.
See also
- Cape PalinuroCape PalinuroCape Palinuro is located in southeastern Italy, approximately 40 miles southwest of Salerno, in southern part of Cilento region. It is supposedly named after Palinurus, the helmsman of Aeneas' ship in Virgil's Aeneid. -Geography:Northern side of the cape is the location of Palinuro, a touristic...
- CentolaCentolaCentola is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.-Hamlets:The town of Centola has 4 hamlets :*Palinuro: The greatest one, located by the sea...
- CilentoCilentoCilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important tourist area of southern Italy.-Geography:...
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano National ParkCilento and Vallo di Diano National ParkThe Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park is an Italian national park founded in 1991...
- PalinurusPalinurusPalinurus, in Roman mythology, is the helmsman of a ship of the Trojan hero Aeneas, whose descendants would one day found the city of Rome. As the price for the safe passage of Aeneas and his people from Sicily to Italy, Palinurus loses his life, one on behalf of many Palinurus, in Roman mythology,...
- Palinurus (genus)Palinurus (genus)Palinurus is a genus of spiny lobsters in the family Palinuridae. A 110 million-year old fossil, recognisable as a member of the genus Palinurus, was discovered in a quarry in El Espinal in Mexico's Chiapas state in 1995 and named P...
External links
- Palinuro (website) (ITItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
) - Municipality of Centola (ITItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
)