MARINA DI CAMEROTA

	Marina di Camerota
Statistics
Country:	Italy
Region:	Campania
Province:	Salerno
Municipality:	Camerota
Location:
Population:	3,500
Elevation:	5
Postal code:	84059
Dialing code:	0974
Gentilic:	Marinai
Website:	Marina di Camerota

'Marina di Camerota' is a little town, the largest hamlet (''frazione'') of Camerota (SA) more than its seat, in Campania region (Italy).

Contents

History

Geography

Tourism

References

See also

External links

History

The town was a place of emigration to South America, especially to Venezuela, in the 19th century. The relationship with the american country is still strong, evidenced, for example, by a statue of Simón Bolívar built in the middle of village, in front of the harbour side.

Geography

Marina di Camerota lies on the southern side of Cilento, by Tyrrhenian Sea, and it is the port of its "''commune''". The town is 5 kms from Camerota, 8 from Palinuro and 90 from Salerno.
The town, located on 40°N parallel, is the southernmost inhabited area of Campania.

Tourism

The town of ''Marina'' is a part of "Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park", whose natural environment is composed of "Maquis", typical of mediterranean countries.
It is strongly receptive for tourism, especially in summer, due to the quality of its water; which give it the Blue Flag beach ^[1] every year from 2003.

Marina di Camerota is also interesting for its paleontologic caves ^[2], with human fossils discovered in '80s. One of these caves, located in Lentiscella zone, is a museum which accommodates the "Lion of Caprera"^[3] (''Leone di Caprera''), a little schooner which in 1880-1881 traversed the Atlantic Ocean from Montevideo to Livorno.

Another point of interest is represented by 3 "telegraph towers", built by Bourbons and included in a system of defence and communication points, along the southern side of the tyrrhenian coast.

References

1. Blueflag.org
2. Palaeolithic in the area of Camerota
3. Museum of "resurgence"

See also

★ Camerota

★ Cilento

★ Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park

External links

★ Marina di Camerota (touristic site) (EN)-(IT)-(DE)

★ Marina di Camerota.info (IT)

★ Guide to Marina di Camerota (IT)

★ Camerota Caves (EN)

★ Marina di Camerota.net (IT)

★ The Lion of Caprera (IT)