Celle di Bulgheria
| Celle di Bulgheria | |
|---|---|
| Comune | |
| Comune di Celle di Bulgheria | |
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Panorama from the mount Bulgheria | |
 Celle within the Province of Salerno | |
  Celle di Bulgheria Location of Celle di Bulgheria in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 40°06′N 15°24′E / 40.100°N 15.400°ECoordinates: 40°06′N 15°24′E / 40.100°N 15.400°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Salerno (SA) |
| Frazioni | Poderia |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31 km2 (12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 234 m (768 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,934 |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Cellesi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 84040 |
| Dialing code | 0974 |
| Patron saint | Madonna della Neve |
| Saint day | 5 August |
| Website | Official website |
Celle di Bulgheria is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. As of 2011 its population was of 1,934.[1]
History
The town was named after the Bulgars who settled here in the early Middle Ages. Celle di Bulgheria is a small town whose history is marked by two significant events: the allocation of the Bulgarians and the monks. The Bulgarians inhabited this land, reaching the foot of Mount Bulgheria and founding villages. The monks arrived from Bulgaria and Greece and founded monasteries and cells around which arose the first towns.
Probably, in one of the villages on the slopes of Mount Bulgheria came the seat of a laura (places of prayer) with cells; the core which is created around these sites took the name of "cells". In the end he obtained the name of Celle di Bulgheria.
From 1811 to 1860 he was part of the Torreorsaja district, belonging to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Vallo District.
From 1860 to 1927, during the Kingdom of Italy it was part of the district of Orsaja Tower, belonging to the Environment Vallo della Lucania.
Monuments and places of interes
A Bulgheria Celle are to visit the picturesque old town with numerous stone portals, Palazzo De Luca, the church of Our Lady of the Snow with an altar of 1700 very distinctive, made of brightly colored marble (white, red, orange, blue and dark green). Behind the apse with half dome and polygonal walls, all decorated with stucco and neoclassical friezes.
A Poderia, a suburb of Celle di Bulgheria, is very strong devotion to Santa Sofia, to whom is dedicated the sanctuary votive site on the slopes of Mount Bulgheria.
Do not miss the excursions to Monte Bulgheria, which is a limestone massif, whose highest peak reaches 1,225 meters. Here is the cave that the population knows how to "Grotto of Our Lady", so named for two reasons: first, because it is said in a legend that lived there the Virgin, the latter because a sculptor created the image of the Madonna carved out of a stalagmite.
Persons linked to Celle di Bulgheria
Antonio Maria De Luca, organizer of the 1828 Cilento uprisings. Salvatore Venuta, oncologist, professor, founder and dean of the University of Catanzaro (originally from Poderia).
Infrastructure and transport
Roads Provincial Road 17 / b Bivio S.Cataldo-Celle di Bulgheria-Poderia-Bridge Mingardo. Provincial road SP 17 58 Graft-Station Bulgheria Celle. Provincial Road 198 Graft SS 18-S.Andrea-Palombara-Graft SP 17. Provincial Road 209 Graft SP 17 (Poderia) -Innesto SP 58 (di Bulgheria Celle). Provincial road 430 / c-Futani Massicelle-Poderia. Provincial road 430 / d Roccagloriosa-Junction Policastro Bussentino.
Railways
Celle di Bulgheria has a railway station called Celle di Bulgheria-Roccagloriosa, placed on the line Battipaglia-Reggio Calabria
Twinning
Bulgaria Veliki Preslav
Geography
Celle Bulgheria is located in Southern Cilento, near the mount Bulgheria, and borders with the municipalities of Camerota, Centola, Laurito, Montano Antilia and Roccagloriosa. Its hamlet (frazione) is the nearby village of Poderia.
Gallery
Old Town of Celle.jpg)
St Mary of the Snows church (Madonna della Neve).jpg)
Ancient church tower in the village of Poderia
See also
References
External links
Media related to Celle di Bulgheria at Wikimedia Commons