Piano Vetrale

Piano Vetrale
Frazione
OSM map of Piano Vetrale
OSM map of Piano Vetrale
Piano Vetrale is located in Italy
Piano Vetrale
Piano Vetrale
Location of Piano Vetrale in Italy
Coordinates: 40°18′15.9″N 15°12′04.1″E / 40.304417°N 15.201139°E / 40.304417; 15.201139
CountryItaly
Region Campania
ProvinceSalerno (SA)
ComuneOrria
Elevation
575 m (1,886 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
475
DemonymPianesi / Vetralesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84060
Dialing code(+39) 0974
Patron saintSt. Elias[2]
Saint dayLast sunday of July[2]

Piano Vetrale,[3] also shortened as Vetrale or Piano, is a southern Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Orria, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2011, its population was of 475.[1]

History

The origin of the toponym comes from Planus (referred to the high plain in which it lies) and Veteres (referred to its founders, some veterans of the Roman army from Gioi). The village, originally named Piano del Cilento, is part of the municipality of Orria since 1801 and was divided into two separated settlements (Piano and Vetrale) until the 1960s.[2]

Culture

Piano Vetrale became a "painted town" with large murales outside the houses, at the end of the 1970s, following the idea of the Sicilian artist Pino Crisanti.[4][3]

Geography

Located in the middle of Cilento and transcluded into its national park, Piano Vetrale is a hill village that spans on a ridge upon the valley of Alento river's source. It is divided into the quarters of Piano (west) and Vetrale (east), contiguous and divided by a little valley, named Vallone di Sabato.[2]

Piano Vetrale lies between Orria (3.5 km west), Gioi (4 km southeast) and Stio (6.5 km east), and is connected to them by the provincial road SP56/B.[5] The village is 7.3 km far from Perito, 7.7 from Ostigliano, 8 from Gorga, 9 from Cardile, 10 from Casino Lebano (the other hamlet of Orria), and 17 from Vallo della Lucania.

Main sights

  • St. Sophia's Church and its bell tower[3]
  • The murales within the village[3][4]

Personalities

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Piano - Vetrale frazione del comune di Orria (SA) Campania". italia.indettaglio.it.
  2. ^ a b c d (in Italian) "Bright Colors and Archaic Symbols in the Murals of Piano Vetrale". la Città, 22-2-2013
  3. ^ a b c d (in Italian) Territory and history of Orria (municipal website)
  4. ^ a b c (in Italian) The murales of Piano Vetrale (Orria municipal website)
  5. ^ 1175393963 Piano Vetrale on OpenStreetMap

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