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Salerno (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 41 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.6833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 47 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.7833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Gulf of Salerno; was settled by Greeks; was a Roman colony by 195 BC; ruled by Goths; part of Lombard Duchy of Salerno in 6th cen.; seat of independent principality 9th cen.; under Normans (from 1076), then Kingdom of Naples; damaged in WW II. |
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| Salerno (preferred,C,V)
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| Irnthi (H,V)
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| Salernum (H,V)
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............ | Roman name, derived from Latin word for salt ("sal") & the name of the river Irno |
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Campania (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Salerno (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Greeks |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces textiles, machinery, cement, ceramics, building materials & ironwork |
| educational center (C) |
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renowned for school of medicine founded in 10th cen., produced a famous treatise on a healthy diet ca. 1150 |
| pilgrimage center (C) |
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for reputed tomb of St. Matthew in the cathedral & for tomb of Gregory VII |
| battlefield (H) |
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site of much fighting in WW II, when Allies landed here in September 1943 |
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