Santa Barbara, Ceraso

Frazione in Campania, Italy
40°10′46.09″N 15°15′24.04″E / 40.1794694°N 15.2566778°E / 40.1794694; 15.2566778CountryItalyRegion CampaniaProvinceSalerno (SA)ComuneCerasoElevation
275 m (902 ft)Population
 (2005)
 • Total1,000DemonymBarbaresiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
84052
Dialing code0974WebsiteMunicipal website

Santa Barbara is an Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of the commune of Ceraso in the Province of Salerno, Campania. It has a population of roughly a thousand.[1]

History

The village was founded around the year 1005.[2] It counts a little castle, ancient seat of the local marquesses Ferolla.

Geography

Santa Barbara is located in the middle of Cilento and transcluded into its national park, 3 km south of Ceraso, on the provincial road from Vallo della Lucania to Ascea, and nearby the green area of Gelbison mountain. It counts a little locality named Isca nearby the little river Fiumarella.

The village is 7 km far from Vallo della Lucania, 16 from Ascea, 18 from Velia, and almost 80 from Salerno. Nearby the town of Ceraso there is an exit of a modern carriageway, rapid variation on national road SS 18, which runs from Salerno to Sapri through Battipaglia, Paestum, Agropoli, Vallo della Lucania, Centola and Policastro.

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Italian) Info on Ceraso municipal website
  2. ^ (in Italian) History of Santa Barbara at galacasacastra.it Archived 2006-05-14 at the Wayback Machine

Media related to Santa Barbara at Wikimedia Commons

  • (in Italian) Comune of Ceraso
  • (in Italian) History of S.Barbara (on galcasacastra.it)