Salerno, Campania
Piaggine rises on various high grounds, sloping down towards the River Calore, protected by Mount Cervati, and surrounded by the typical landscape of the southern Apennines. Most likely its name derives from the Latin “plaga”, meaning “beach” referring to the beaches on the banks of the River Calore. Some historians, however, hypothesize that the toponym could derive from the latin word “chiaine”, meaning “debris”, referring to the nature of the river. The town seems to have been founded upon the ruins of "Castelluccio", a sighting tower built around 1100, by a Benedictine religious community that also built a church dedicated to San Simeone Piaggine became parte of the Municipality of Laurino when in 1508 Roberto Sanseverino, prince of Salerno, left the two hamlets of Piaggine Soprane and Piaggine Sottane to his auditor, Scotteretico di Laurino, feeding tensions among the inhabitants of the town who refused to obey to the new feudal lord. Scotterico later decided to renounce this property in exchange for 200 ducats. The farmhouse continued to belong to the Sanseverinos for a long time. After that it passed to the tax authorities: it was then bought by Francesco Revertera, lieutenant of the Regia Camera della Sommaria and, later, by Giovanni Carafa Sanseverino (1563).
Along the course of the Calore river suggestive glimpses of uncontaminated nature open up, in which to make excursions in search of rare specimens of flora and fauna. Piaggine is a town traditionally dedicated to sheep farming, where high quality cheeses like caciocavallo and "manteca" are produced, butter wrapped in a thin sheet of pasta for caciocavalli.
Piaggine rises on various high grounds, sloping down towards the River Calore, protected by Mount Cervati, and surrounded by the typical landscape of the southern Apennines. Most likely its name derives from the Latin “plaga”, meaning “beach” referring to the beaches on the banks of the River Calore. Some historians, however, hypothesize that the toponym could derive from the latin word “chiaine”, meaning “debris”, referring to the nature of the river. The town seems to have been founded upon the ruins of "Castelluccio", a sighting tower built around 1100, by a Benedictine religious community that also built a church dedicated to San Simeone Piaggine became parte of the Municipality of Laurino when in 1508 Roberto Sanseverino, prince of Salerno, left the two hamlets of Piaggine Soprane and Piaggine Sottane to his auditor, Scotteretico di Laurino, feeding tensions among the inhabitants of the town who refused to obey to the new feudal lord. Scotterico later decided to renounce this property in exchange for 200 ducats. The farmhouse continued to belong to the Sanseverinos for a long time. After that it passed to the tax authorities: it was then bought by Francesco Revertera, lieutenant of the Regia Camera della Sommaria and, later, by Giovanni Carafa Sanseverino (1563).
Along the course of the Calore river suggestive glimpses of uncontaminated nature open up, in which to make excursions in search of rare specimens of flora and fauna. Piaggine is a town traditionally dedicated to sheep farming, where high quality cheeses like caciocavallo and "manteca" are produced, butter wrapped in a thin sheet of pasta for caciocavalli.
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