Cava de' Tirreni
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| Comune di Cava de' Tirreni | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province | Salerno (SA) |
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| Elevation | 180 m |
| Area | 36.46 km² |
| Population | |
| - Total (as of 2001) | 52,595 |
| - Density | 1,442/km² |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Cavesi |
| Dialing code | 089 |
| Postal code | 84013 |
| Frazioni | see list |
| Patron | Santa Maria Incoronata dell'Olmo |
| - Day | September 8 |
  Location of Cava de' Tirreni in Italy |
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| Website: www.comune.cava-de-tirreni.sa.it | |
Cava de' Tirreni is a town and commune of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 10 kilometers NW by rail from the town of Salerno. It lies in a richly cultivated valley, surrounded by wooded hills, and is a favourite tourist resort.
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[edit] Main sights
About two kilometers to the south-west is the village of Corpo di Cava, with the Benedictine abbey of La Trinità della Cava, founded in 1025 by St Alferius. The church and the greater part of the buildings were entirely modernized in 1796. The old Gothic cloisters are preserved.The church contains a fine organ and several ancient sarcophagi. The archives, now national property, include documents and MSS. of great value (e.g. the Codex Legum Longobardorum of 1004, and the La Cava Bible) and fine incunabula. The name of abitants of cava de tirreni are "cavesi".
[edit] Sport
The local soccer team is S.S. Cavese 1919.
[edit] Frazioni
Annunziata, Alessia, Badia di Cava, Castagneto, Dupino, Maddalena, Marini, Li Curti, Passiano, Pianesi, Pregiato, Rotolo, S.Anna, Sant'Arcangelo, San Cesareo, San Lorenzo, Santa Lucia, San Nicola, Santa Maria del Rovo, San Pietro, Santi Quaranta.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
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