Padula, Salerno
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Padula is a comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
It is home of the Certosa di San Lorenzo, sometimes referred to as the Certosa di Padula.
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[edit] History
Its existence reaches back earlier to at least the ninth century after local people used the hill top area to defend from 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 was erected on this site in 1086.
[edit] Geography
It is located about 100 km South East from the Provincial Capital of Salerno. The majority of the town is on the hillside, which reaches 698 meters above sea level. The comune covers an ares of 66.33 km².
[edit] Religious Monuments and Churches
- Church of Annunziata
- Church of San Michele
- Monastero di San Nicola al Torone
- Chiesa di San Nicola de' Domnis
- Convento di San Francesco
- Chiesa di San Clemente
- Eremo di San Michele alle Grottelle
[edit] Demographics
- Population 5600 (1998)
- Population 5123 (1931)
[edit] Famous children of Padula
- Giuseppe Petrosino - Mafia Busting Policemen
- Frank Valenti - Nuclear Scientist
- Andrea Cariello - Sculptor
[edit] Festivals and Events
- Omelette of 1000 eggs - "FRITTATA DELLE MILLE UOVA" (10 August) reenactment of the celebration where the Carthusian Monks created a 1000 egg omelette for Charles V 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 Patron Saint Michael the Arcangel (Last Sunday in May)
- Festival of Saint Michael of the Grottelle (3rd Sunday in June)
- A week long August festival of traditional dishes - Bistecca
- Feast of Saint Francis (First and Second Sundays of October)
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