- Altavilla Silentina
Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Altavilla Silentina
img_coa = Altavilla Silentina-Stemma.png
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region = RegioneIT|sigla=CAM
province = ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=SA (SA)
mayor =
mayor_party =
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 275
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 52
population_footnotes =
population_as_of =
population_total = 6724
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 129
coordinates = coord|40|32|0|N|15|8|0|E|region:IT_type:city(6724)
gentilic = Altavillesi
telephone = 0828
postalcode = 84045
frazioni = Vedi elenco
saint =Saint Giles
day =1 September
mapx = #expr:40 + 32 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:15 + 8 / 60.0
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native_name = Altavilla Silentina
name = Altavilla Silentina
website = http://www.comune.altavillasilentina.sa.itAltavilla Silentina is a town of the Province of
Salerno , in theCampania Region, just 70 miles south ofNaples .Geography
It is located on a hill 900 feet above sea level and it is shielded on the eastern side by the
Monte Alburno (5100 ft) and the plain of theSele River and theTyrrhenian Sea at West. The panorama includes the island ofCapri , the mountains of theAmalfi Coast and theGulf of Salerno in its northern part. The riverCalore Salernitano touches much of its western boundaries.History
The territory of Altavilla was populated since the 7th century BCE as demonstrasted by a vase of that era has been found in some ruins. About the territory of the town can be located also the place where
Spartacus and its 60,000 slaves rebelled toRome were definitely defeated by Roman generalPompey in 71 BCE.The current town was built by
Normans underRobert Guiscard (c.1015–1085) in the second half of the eleventh century.External links
* [http://www.comune.altavillasilentina.sa.it Altavilla Silentina Official site (Italian) ]
* [http://web.tiscali.it/altavillaviva/frame_cartol.htm Postcards from Altavilla Silentina]
* [http://web.tiscali.it/festasantantonio St. Anthony feast: pictures and program]
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