Felitto

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Comune in Campania, Italy

Felitto
Comune
Comune di Felitto
Panoramic view from south
Felitto within the Province of Salerno
Location of Felitto
40°22′24.2″N 15°14′37.6″E / 40.373389°N 15.243778°E / 40.373389; 15.243778
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Salerno (SA)
Government
• Mayor	Carmine Casella
Area ^[1]
• Total	41.53 km² (16.03 sq mi)
Population (28 February 2017)^[2]
• Total	1,235
• Density	30/km² (77/sq mi)
Demonym	Felittesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	84055
Dialing code	0828
Patron saint	St. Vitus
Saint day	15 June
Website	Official website

Felitto is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. It is famous for fusilli, a kind of handmade pasta, and the annual Fusillo festival.^[3]

History

The town was founded at the beginning of the 10th century. Much of the medieval old town has been preserved.

Geography

Located on a valley above Calore river below the mount Chianiello (1,314 amsl), in the middle of Cilento, the municipality borders with Castel San Lorenzo, Laurino, Magliano Vetere, Monteforte Cilento and Roccadaspide.^[4]

It counts no proper hamlets (frazioni) but several minor localities, that are Acqua delle Donne, Acquanoceta, Alvani, Barbagiano, Bosco Grande, Carpineto, Carrozzo, Casale, Cerzito, Chianelisi, Difesa Lombi, Difesa Principe, Fossa del Lupo, Lago, Maruzza, Mazzarella, Montagnano, Palumbo, Pazzano, Piano d'Elise, Pietracute, Remolino, San Giorgio, San Vito, Santoianni, Serre, Starza, Territorio, Torre and Vignali.

Main sights

Medieval old town and old bridge
Canyon and waterfall of Gole del Calore

People

Matteo de Augustinis (1799-1845), lawyer and economist^[5]

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ (in Italian) Source: Istat 2011
^ (in Italian) Infos on felitto.net (see section "Manifestazioni")
^ 40473 (x a j h) Felitto on OpenStreetMap
^ (in Italian) Matteo de Augustinis at the Italian Encyclopaedia Treccani

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Felitto.

Official website Archived 2006-10-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
Felitto.net - Study and research group (in Italian)
Felitto.org - Political news and more (in Italian)
Il Fusillo S.a.s - "Fusillo Felittese", typical gastronomy Archived 2018-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)