- Teggiano
Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Teggiano
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region = RegioneIT|sigla=CAM
province = ProvinciaIT|sigla=SA (SA)
mayor =
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elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 637
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 61
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 31-12-05
population_total = 8139
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 133
coordinates = coord|40|23|0|N|15|32|0|E|region:IT_type:city(8139)
gentilic = UCFIRST:teggianesi
telephone = 0975
postalcode = 84039
frazioni = Pantano, Piedimonte, Prato Perillo, San Marco
saint =San Cono da Teggiano
day =3 June
mapx = #expr:40 + 23 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:15 + 32 / 60.0
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native_name = Teggiano
name = Teggiano
website = http://www.comune.teggiano.sa.itTeggiano (formerly called Diano) is a town and commune in
Campania ,Italy , in theprovince of Salerno . It is situated on an isolated eminence above the upper part of the valley to which it gives the name of Val di Diano.History
Named after the Greek city
Tegea in thePeloponnese The ancient "Tegianum " was a municipal town of
Lucania , made into a colony by EmperorNero .In
1497 , under Antonio Sanseverino of Salerno, the city resisted the siege undertaken byFrederick IV of Naples .Main sights
Ruins of the ancient city can be traced at the foot of the hill; a Roman bridge is also present.
Other landmarks include the Sanseverino Castle, several churches of some interest, and three conventual buildings.
References
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