Abatemarco


Abatemarco is a southern Italian village and hamlet of Montano Antilia, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. in 2011 it had a population of 309.

History

The village was founded in Early Middle Ages around the Byzantine church of San Nicola di Mira. It was named after the local abbot of Santa Cecilia Monastery, Marco. Anciently focused on the cultivation of flax, Abatemarco passed, through trades, to various local lordships, until becoming part of Montano Antilia from 1811.

Geography

Located in southern Cilento and transcluded into its national park, Abatemarco is a hill village that lies above the Serrapotamo river valley, between Massicelle and Montano Antilia, and spans on the provincial road SP143.
It is 7 km from Futani, 10 from Laurito, 11 from Cuccaro Vetere, 18 from Vallo della Lucania and 22 from Palinuro. The highway exit of "Massicelle", part of the SP430 "Cilentana" Salerno-Sapri, is 3.5 km far.

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