Magliano Nuovo


Magliano Nuovo is a southern Italian village and hamlet of Magliano Vetere, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2011, its population was 334.

History

The village was the site of an ancient Goth castle, built in the 6th century, conquered by the Lombards and after by the Normans. During the Middle Ages, it was purchased by the noble houses of Sanseverino, Carafa and Pasca. The site was resettled in 1669, when a fire damaged Magliano and the survivors built a new village there, naming it Magliano Nuovo. When, some years later, the original site was rebuilt, it took the name of Magliano Vetere.

Geography

Located in the middle of Cilento and transcluded into its national park, Magliano Nuovo lies above a mountain between the valleys of the rivers Alento and Calore Lucano, 3 km west of Magliano Vetere. A detached quarter, named Palazzo Soccorso, lies below the old town, at an altitude of 600 m, and spans on the national highway SR 488.
Magliano is 4 km far from Gorga, 5 from Capizzo and Stio, 8 from Monteforte Cilento, 13 from Laurino and Campora, 18 from Felitto and Vallo della Lucania, and 37 from Agropoli.

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