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March 6, 2020

Agropoli

March 6, 2020 Scritto da Categoria:

Agropoli

mareSea

  • The coastal area that can be visited extends for a length of about 3 km. It includes the Trentova rock, the rock of San Francesco and a series of small coves
  • The Bay of Trentova which takes its name from the rock of the same name
  • The bay of San Francesco takes its name from the nearby monastery and the rock
  • For the fifth consecutive year the city of Agropoli is Blue Flag

monumenti religiosiReligious Monuments

  • The Mother Church of Saints Peter and Paul has ancient origins: in 593 a letter from Pope Gregory the Great documents the presence of the prelate Pestano in the village
  • Church of Santa Maria di Costantinopoli , tradition has it built after the discovery of the statue of the Madonna at sea, taken away by the infidels during the Turkish raids of the 16th century
  • The statue of San Francesco in white Carrara marble on the San Marco hill

monumentiMonuments

  • The monumental door entrance to the historic center opened in the early twentieth century
  • The stairways , for centuries the only access road to the village and today one of the few examples of climbing steps, with wide and low steps.
  • The Aragonese castle (XV century AD) with a triangular plan and three circular towers, is located on the promontory in the area of the ancient village. On the side towards the village it is possible to see the moat, while on the remaining sides it has disappeared. Inside you can visit the parade ground, now used as a garden and an open-air theater.
  • The Punta Fortino lighthouse
  • The fortified towers along the coast, which were intended to defend against pirates. The most impressive are the tower of San Marco and the tower of San Francesco
  • The furnace for the firing of bricks designed by the engineer Vincenzo Del Mercato and inaugurated in 1880
  • The war memorial

eventiEvents

  • The feast of Our Lady of Constantinople which since the beginning of the 70s carries the statue of the Madonna in procession on the sea at night, thanks to the fishing boats
  • Il Carnevale
  • the procession of saints Peter and Paul which is held in June

What's nearby

Cicerale, Capaccio-Paestum, Castellabate, Giungano, Ogliastro Cilento, Prignano Cilento.

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