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Sarno
Italy, officially the Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana, is a Southern European country comprising of the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is shaped like a boot and for this reason Italians commonly call it lo Stivale, the boot or, due to its prevalent peninsular geographical nature, la Penisola, the Peninsula.
Inhabitants of Italy are referred to as Italians. Their official language is Standard Italian, descendant of Tuscan dialect and a direct descendant of Latin. The word Italy is derived from the Homeric Aeolic word which means bull. Italy is subject to highly diverse weather conditions in autumn, winter, and spring. The country has the fifth-highest population density in Europe at 193 persons per square kilometer. Today, despite regional variations in the form of accents and vowel emphasis, Italian is fully comprehensible to most throughout the country.
Sarno is a town of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 20 kilometers northeast from that city and 60 kilometers east of Naples by the main railway. It lies at the foot of the Apennines, near the sources of the Sarno, called Sarnus in ancient times, a stream connected by canal with Pompei and the sea. Paper, cotton, silk, linen and hemp are manufactured. The travertine which forms round the springs of the Sarno was used even at ancient Pompeii as building material.
Before its incorporation with the domains of the crown of Naples, Sarno gave its name to a county held in succession by the Orsini, Coppola, and Suttavilla and Colonna families. It has an elevation of 30 meters with a total area of 39 square kilometers. It has a population in total of 31,580 with density of 795 per square kilometers.
Sarno has the ruins of a medieval Castle, which belonged to Count Francesco Coppola, who took an important part in the conspiracy of the barons against Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1485 and Walter III of Brienne is buried in the ancient church of S. Maria della Foce, rebuilt in 1701.
A city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, cooperative people and luxurious hotels and cottages, Sarno is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.
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