Santa Barbara (Ceraso)

The village of Santa Barbara is an hamlet ("frazione") of the commune of Ceraso in the Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. It has a population of roughly a thousand [it [http://www.comune.ceraso.sa.it/ Infos at web site of Ceraso] ] .

Geography

The village is located in the middle of Cilento and its national park, 3 km in south of Ceraso, on the provincial road from Vallo della Lucania to Ascea and nearby the green area of Gelbison mountain. It has a little locality named Isca nearby the little river Fiumarella.
Santa Barbara is far 7 km from Vallo della Lucania, 16 from Ascea, 18 from Velia, and almost 80 from Salerno. Nearby the town of Ceraso there is an exit of a modern carriageway, rapid variation on national road SS 18, who runs from "Salerno" - "Battipaglia" > Paestum - Agropoli - Vallo della Lucania, to Palinuro - Policastro > "Sapri".

History

The village was founded around the year 1005 [it [http://www.galcasacastra.it/news.asp?id=176 Infos about the history of Santa Barbara at galacasacastra.it] ] . It has got a little castle, ancient seat of the local marquesses "Ferolla".

References

See also

* Ceraso
* Cilento
* Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park

External links

* [http://www.comune.ceraso.sa.it/ Comune of Ceraso]
* [http://www.galcasacastra.it/news.asp?id=176 History of S.Barbara] (on galcasacastra.it)