Montecorvino Rovella (Campanian: Ruella) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy.

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Montecorvino Rovella
Comune
Comune di Montecorvino Rovella
Coat of arms
Montecorvino Rovella within the Province of Salerno and Campania
Location of Montecorvino Rovella
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Coordinates: 40°41′45.3″N 14°58′31.6″E
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Salerno (SA)
Frazioni	Chiarelli, Cornea, Ferrari, Gauro, Macchia, Marangi, Martorano, Molenadi (Sant'Eustachio), Nuvola, Occiano, San Lazzaro, San Martino, Votraci
Government
• Mayor	Martino D'Onofrio
Area [1]
• Total	42.16 km2 (16.28 sq mi)
Elevation	220 m (720 ft)
Population  (30 November 2017)[2]
• Total	12,677
• Density	300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Demonym	Montecorvinesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	84096 (communal seat), 84090 (frazioni)
Dialing code	089
Patron saint	Sts. Peter and Paul
Saint day	29 June
Website	Official website

History

In 269 BC the Romans defeated the Picentes from the Adriatic Coast and founded a colony transplanting them forcedly in Campania, in the town of Picenza. After a rebellion in 89 BC, and the subsequent Roman victory, the Picentini survivors were forced to not rebuild a single town, but a series of villages, easily controllable in case of further riots. One of them was Montecorvino (Mons Corvinus).[3] Until 1820 it included the village of Pugliano and, until 1990, the frazione of Bellizzi.

In 1970, an early medieval church of Sant-Ambrogio, dating to the ninth century, was rediscovered. It is currently being studied by a project based in the Universities of Birmingham (UK) and Salerno (Italy) [4]

Geography

Montecorvino is a hilltown surrounded by the Picentini mountain range, included into the Monti Picentini Regional Park. It borders with the municipalities of Acerno, Battipaglia, Bellizzi, Giffoni Valle Piana, Montecorvino Pugliano and Olevano sul Tusciano.[5]

Transport

The town is served by the state highway SS 164 and by several provincial roads. Nearest motorway exit (12 km south) is "Montecorvino Pugliano" on the A2. Nearest railway station (11 km south) is "Montecorvino-Bellizzi", originally named only "Montecorvino Rovella", located in the town and former frazione of Bellizzi. Montecorvino is also 15 km north of Salerno-Pontecagnano Airport.

People

• John of Montecorvino (1247-1328), Franciscan missionary
• Luca Gaurico (1475-1558), astrologer, AKUMA É LIastronomer and mathematician
• Robert Picardo (b. 1953), American actor and singer with Italian heritage, with his father's family originating from Montecorvino and his mother's parents originally from Bomba, in Abruzzo.[6][7]

See also

• Tusciano

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Montecorvino Rovella.

• Official website (in Italian)
• Astronomic Observatory of Montecorvino Rovella

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