Abatemarco
Frazione in Campania, Italy
40°08′39.5″N 15°21′27.7″E / 40.144306°N 15.357694°E / 40.144306; 15.357694
Italy
Campania (2011)[1]
84060[2]
Abatemarco is a southern Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Montano Antilia, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. in 2011 it had a population of 309.[1]
History
The village was founded in Early Middle Ages around the Byzantine church of San Nicola di Mira. It was named after the local abbot (Italian: abate) of Santa Cecilia Monastery, Marco.[3] Anciently focused on the cultivation of flax,[4] Abatemarco passed, through trades, to various local lordships, until becoming part of Montano Antilia from 1811.
Geography
Located in southern Cilento and transcluded into its national park, Abatemarco is a hill village that lies above the Serrapotamo river valley, between Massicelle (4 km southwest) and Montano Antilia (4 km northeast), and spans on the provincial road SP143.[5]
It is 7 km from Futani, 10 from Laurito, 11 from Cuccaro Vetere, 18 from Vallo della Lucania and 22 from Palinuro. The highway exit of "Massicelle", part of the SP430 "Cilentana" Salerno-Sapri,[6] is 3.5 km far.
Main sights
- The Byzantine St. Nicholas of Mira Church (Chiesa di San Nicola di Mira), rebuilt in 1700.[3]
- The Chapel of St. Roch (Cappella di San Rocco), the patron saint.[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c (in Italian) Abatemarco on italia.indettaglio.it
- ^ (in Italian) Abatemarco on tuttocitta.it
- ^ a b (in Italian) San Nicola di Mira Church (Montano Antilia municipal website) Archived 2006-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Italian) Flax cultivation in Abatemarco (Montano Antilia municipal website)
- ^ 444739990 Abatemarco on OpenStreetMap
- ^ 1324508104 Massicelle (highway exit) on OpenStreetMap
- ^ (in Italian) San Rocco Chapel (Montano Antilia municipal website)
External links
Media related to Abatemarco at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Italian) Abatemarco webpage (Montano Antilia municipal website)
