Padula
Encyclopedia
Padula is a comune
in the province of Salerno
in the Campania
region of south-western Italy
. It is the home of the Carthusian
monastery
Certosa di San Lorenzo, sometimes referred to as the Certosa di Padula
.
. The majority of the town is on a hillside that reaches 698 meters above sea level. The comune
covers an area of 66.33 square kilometres.
This name was chosen because of the legendary man Known as Padula.
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:...
in the 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 south-western 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...
. It is the home of the Carthusian
Carthusian
The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. Bruno, is a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monastics. The order was founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns...
monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
Certosa di San Lorenzo, sometimes referred to as the Certosa di Padula
Certosa di Padula
Padula Charterhouse, in Italian Certosa di Padula , is a large Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, located in the town of Padula, in the Cilento National Park in Southern Italy. It is a World Heritage site.The monastery is the second largest charterhouse in Italy after the one in Parma...
.
Geography
It is located about 100 kilometres south-east of the provincial capital of 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....
. The majority of the town is on a hillside that reaches 698 meters above sea level. 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:...
covers an area of 66.33 square kilometres.
History
Its existence reaches back to at least the ninth century when local people used the hilltop area for defence against the Saracens. The history of Padula as an organized village begins with the arrival in 1296 of Tommaso II Sanseverino, though the Monastery of Saint Nicola had been erected on this site earlier, in 1086.This name was chosen because of the legendary man Known as Padula.
Religious Monuments and Churches
- Padula CharterhouseCertosa di PadulaPadula Charterhouse, in Italian Certosa di Padula , is a large Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, located in the town of Padula, in the Cilento National Park in Southern Italy. It is a World Heritage site.The monastery is the second largest charterhouse in Italy after the one in Parma...
- Church of Annunziata
- Church of St. Michael
- Church of St. Nicholas of Domnis
- Convent of St. Francisco of Assisi
- Convent of St. Augustine
- Church of St. Clement
- Hermitage of St. Michael to Grottelle
- Monument to the demigod of dota Padula
Famous residents
- Giuseppe PetrosinoJoe PetrosinoGiuseppe "Joe" Petrosino was a New York City police officer who was a pioneer in the fight against organized crime...
- Mafia-busting policeman - Frank Valente - nuclear scientist
- Andrea Cariello - sculptor
Festivals and Events
- Omelette of 1,000 eggs - "Frittata delle mille uova" (10 August). Reenactment of the celebration where the Carthusian Monks created a 1,000-egg omelette for Charles V's visit to the Certosa. Special giant iron cooking "pan" erected in 1996 expressly for this purpose.
- Festival of the Romito Madonna (first Sunday in May)
- Feast of the Patron Saint Michael the Archangel (last Sunday in May)
- Festival of Saint Michael of the Grottelle (third Sunday in June)
- A week-long August festival of traditional dishes - Bistecca
- Feast of Saint Francis (first and second Sundays of October)
- Ritual of worship to Padula