Roscigno
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Roscigno is a small town and comune
of the province of Salerno
in the Campania
region of south-western Italy
.
and included into its national park
. The town is divided in Roscigno Nuova (New Roscigno, simply referred as Roscigno), the new settlement built after a landslide of the old settlement; now named Roscigno Vecchia (Old Roscigno), distant 1,5 km from the new town.
It has been completely abandoned since the early 20th century, when the population moved to Roscigno Nuovo due to a landslide
. Now open for tourism, the ghost town
was declared an eco museum in the early 21st century. Nearby, and also in the province of Salerno, there is another example of ghost town: the old village of Romagnano al Monte
.
, a settlement of the Oenotrians
and the Lucani
(7th-3rd centuries BC).
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:...
of 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...
.
Geography
Roscigno is situated in the central area 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:...
and included into its national park
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park
The Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park is an Italian national park founded in 1991...
. The town is divided in Roscigno Nuova (New Roscigno, simply referred as Roscigno), the new settlement built after a landslide of the old settlement; now named Roscigno Vecchia (Old Roscigno), distant 1,5 km from the new town.
Roscigno Vecchia
Roscigno Vecchia (Old Roscigno, also named Roscigno Vecchio) is an example of a 19th century rural town developed around a central square and a church unmodified by modern architectural or infrastructural changes.It has been completely abandoned since the early 20th century, when the population moved to Roscigno Nuovo due to a landslide
Landslide
A landslide or landslip is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rockfalls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows, which can occur in offshore, coastal and onshore environments...
. Now open for tourism, the ghost town
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
was declared an eco museum in the early 21st century. Nearby, and also in the province of Salerno, there is another example of ghost town: the old village of Romagnano al Monte
Romagnano al Monte
Romagnano al Monte is a village and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.-History:The village was destroyed in the Irpinia earthquake of 1980 and rebuilt a few kilometers away...
.
Monte Pruno
Some two kilometers outside the town is the archaeological site of Monte PrunoMonte Pruno
Monte Pruno is a mountain of Campania, Italy. It is 879 metres above sea level.-Geography:The mountain is located in Cilento, in the municipality of Roscigno....
, a settlement of the Oenotrians
Oenotrians
The Oenotrians were an ancient Italic people of unknown origin who inhabited a territory from Paestum to southern Calabria in southern Italy...
and the Lucani
Lucani
Lučani is a town and municipality located in the Dragačevo region within the Moravica District of Serbia . The population of the town is 3,425, while population of the municipality was 20,855....
(7th-3rd centuries BC).