Sessa Cilento
—  Comune  —
Comune di Sessa Cilento
Coppola Palace in the village of Valle
Sessa Cilento within the Province of Salerno
Sessa Cilento Location of Sessa Cilento in Italy
Coordinates: 40°16′N 15°5′E / 40.267°N 15.083°E / 40.267; 15.083
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Salerno (SA)
Frazioni	Casigliano, Castagneta, Felitto Piano, San Mango Cilento, Santa Lucia, Valle
Government
• Mayor	Aldo Niglio
Area
• Total	18 km2 (7 sq mi)
Elevation	550 m (1,800 ft)
Population (1 March 2010)[1]
• Total	1,399
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym	Sessesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	84074
Dialing code	0974
Patron saint	St. Stephen
Saint day	3 August

Sessa Cilento (from Greek Σύεσσα - Syessa) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

Geography[link]

Sessa Cilento is located in Cilento and in its National Park. borders with the municipalities of Lustra, Omignano, Perdifumo, Pollica, San Mauro Cilento, Serramezzana and Stella Cilento.

The municipality counts the frazioni of Casigliano, Castagneta, Felitto Piano, San Mango Cilento, Santa Lucia and Valle.

References[link]

See also[link]

• Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park

External links[link]

Media related to Sessa Cilento at Wikimedia Commons

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Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park *
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Country	Italy
Type	Natural
Criteria	C (iii) (iv)
Reference	n. 842
Region **	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1998 (22nd Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List ** Region as classified by UNESCO

National Park nearby Cannalonga

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[link]

The coast (on Tyrrhenian Sea) is located between Paestum and the Gulf of Policastro, near the town of Sapri. More of touristic towns by the coast are "frazioni"; as for example Santa Maria di Castellabate, Acciaroli, Velia, Palinuro, Marina di Camerota, Scario and Policastro Bussentino.
The inner boundaries are the Alburni mountains and Vallo di Diano, sometimes considered as part of cilentan geographical region, which has in Sala Consilina its largest center. The most important towns in this area are Vallo della Lucania (in the middle), Sapri and Agropoli: this is the largest town of Cilento and the principal harbour. Most of this area is included in "Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park".

History[link]

Greek colony[link]

The region is steeped in Greek mythology and legends, as in the names of some towns, which is also visible in the remains of the colonies of Velia (ancient Elea) and Paestum (ancient Poseidonia). Velia was also the seat of "Eleatics", a school of pre-Socratic philosophers as Parmenides, Zeno of Elea and Melissus of Samos).

Sixth province of Campania[link]

In the 1990s it was proposed to make Cilento a new province of Campania ^[1]. This proposal has never come near to implementation; in particular there was the difficulty of choosing an administrative centre. The four candidates were Vallo della Lucania (in the most central position), Agropoli (the largest town, situated in the north), Sala Consilina (the most populous town of Vallo di Diano) and Sapri (in the centre of southern Cilento, with the most important railway station). Another more recent proposal was to move Cilento from Campania to Basilicata, as a third province^[2] together with the existing provinces of Potenza and Matera.

National Park[link]

In a great part of the territory of Cilento and Vallo di Diano there was instituted, on 1991, a national park, to protect the territory from building speculation and mass tourism. In 1998 the park becomes a World Heritage Site of UNESCO.

Coast[link]

The Cilentan Coast, or Costiera Cilentana in Italian, is a stretch of coastline situated in the gulfs of Salerno and Policastro, extending in 16 municipalities; from Capaccio-Paestum in the north-west to Sapri in the south-east.

Language[link]

Cilento was part of ancient Lucania, and its language is influenced by Lucanian. In the north of Cilento the dialect is more influenced by Neapolitan, but in the south it has many similarities with Sicilian.

Cilento DOC[link]

Italian wine, both red, white and rose, under the Cilento DOC appellation comes from this area. Grapes destined for DOC product must be harvested to a maximum yield of 12 tonnes/hectare with the finished red wines fermented to a minimum alcohol level of 11.5% and the whites and roses fermented to 11%.^[3]

Red Cilento wines are a blend of 60-70% Aglianico, 15-20% of Piedirosso and/or Primitivo, 10-20% Barbera and up to 10% of other local red grape varieties. The whites are a blend of 60-65% Fiano, 20-30% Trebbiano, 10-15% of Greco and/or Malvasia bianca with up to 10% of other local white varieties. The roses are blends of 70-80% Sangiovese, 10-15% of Piedirosso and/or Primitivo and up to 10% of other local red grape varieties. A separate varietal Aglianico can also be produced under the Cilento DOC provided that at least 85% of the wine is Aglianico with Primitivo and/or Piedirosso permitted to fill in the remainder and that the wine is aged at least one year before it is released.^[3]

Photogallery[link]

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  Agropoli

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  Velia

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  Licosa island in the Comune of Castellabate

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  Paestum

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  Paestum

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  Romagnano al Monte

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  S.Maria di Castellabate

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  Cape Palinuro

See also[link]

References[link]

Bibliography[link]

• Maurizio Tortora: Cilientu mia. Edizione del Delfino, 1977, Naples
• Giuseppe Vallone: Dizionarietto etimologico del basso Cilento. Editore UPC, 2004
• Pietro Rossi: Ieri e oggi 1955-2005. Poesie in cilentano. Grafiche Erredue, 2005
• Barbara Schäfer: Limoncello mit Meerblick. Unterwegs an der Amalfiküste und im Cilento. Picus, 2007, ISBN 978-3-85452-924-8
• Peter Amann: Cilento aktiv mit Costa di Maratea - Aktivurlaub im ursprünglichen Süditalien. Mankau, 2007, ISBN 3-938396-08-3
• Peter Amann: Golf von Neapel, Kampanien, Cilento. Reise Know-How, 2006, ISBN 3-8317-1526-2
• Barbara Poggi: La Cucina Cilentana - Köstlichkeiten aus der Cilento-Küche. Mankau, 2006, ISBN 3-938396-02-4
• Luciano Pignataro: Le ricette del Cilento. Ed. Ippogrifo, 2007, ISBN 978-88-88986-43-2

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cilento

• Cilento Photos (English)
• That's Amore Cilento Country House- Beautiful Apartments on the sea (Italian) (English)
• Historical and other information regarding National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano (English)
• Holidays in Cilento National Park (English)
• Tourism in the National park of Cilento (Italian)
• Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park (Italian) (English)
• Cilento NEWS(Italian)
• Tourism and holidays in Cilento (Italian)
• Hotel Reservation in Cilento (English)
• Holidays in Cilento (Italian)
• Tipps and Tourism in Cilento

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

• Cilento Social Network (Italian)

v t e Towns, villages and zones of Cilentan Coast Torre Kernot • Laura • Paestum • Licinella • Mattine • Agropoli • Tresino • Santa Maria • San Marco • Licosa • Ogliastro Marina • Case del Conte • Agnone Cilento • Mezzatorre • Acciaroli • Pioppi • Marina di Casalvelino • Velia • Marina di Ascea • Marina di Pisciotta • Caprioli • Palinuro • Cape Palinuro • Marina di Camerota • Porto Infreschi • Scario • Policastro Bussentino • Capitello • Villammare • Sapri

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Coordinates: 40°17′24″N 15°28′34″E / 40.290°N 15.476°E / 40.290; 15.476