Salerno

Salerno is a province in the region of . The Amalfi Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997, is located within the province, attracting tens of thousands of tourists from all around the world every year.
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Top destinations include Salerno and Amalfi.

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is a city in , . It is a lively port town, with a relaxing and open Mediterranean atmosphere. Worth a visit also is the Historical Old Town, which is a well-preserved historical town centre, full of tiny little passageways and hidden corners.

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is in , . is the heart of this magnificent Italian coastline and a must-see town on your Coast adventure. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto, surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery.

Cava de'Tirreni is a city in , 8 km inland from the , with one of the best preserved Porticos in the region and a lively but relaxed atmosphere.

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The lies in the southwestern region of , . For its extraordinary beauty and its iconic medieval cliffside Mediterranean fishing villages, it is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

is a town and comune on the in the province of Salerno. It has been a popular tourist resort since Roman times, with the longest unbroken stretch of beach on the Amalfi coastline.

is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the region of southwestern . In the communal territory are the Greek ruins of .

has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1998. It is in , , and is an ancient Greek settlement, with the best preserved Greek doric temples worldwide. It is surrounded by a Roman city wall, and is 40 km south of the city of .

Placed between and Velia, the town is one of the most important beach centres along the coast, and has many historical and cultural places.

is a town in the province of Salerno in the region of . It dates from the Middle Ages and is organised as a medieval village on the hill.

is a charming and quaint fishermen's village on the . It's one of 's main centres for tuna fishing and known as food lovers' hotspot.

Next to Velia, is a nice town facing the Gulf of Velia, in the province of ,

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The , the second largest Italian national park and World Heritage site, is maintaining unchanged the harmony between nature and thousand years of history and will enchant visitors with its amazing landscapes.

Salerno

Latitude of center
40.45° or 40° 27′ north
Longitude of center
15.2667° or 15° 16′ east
Population
1,100,000
Elevation
656 metres (2,152 feet)
Abbreviation
“SA”
Geo­Names ID
3168670
Wiki­data ID
Q16271
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Salerno” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Provinca e Salernos
  • Arabic: مقاطعة ساليرنو
  • Arabic: مقاطعة سلرنو
  • Armenian: Սալեռնո
  • Asturian: Provincia de Salerno
  • Azerbaijani: Salerno əyaləti
  • Basque: Salernoko probintzia
  • Bavarian: Provinz Salerno
  • Belarusian: правінцыя Салерна
  • Belarusian: Салерна, правінцыя
  • Belarusian: Салерна
  • Bengali: স্যালের্নো-এর প্রদেশ
  • Breton: proviñs Salerno
  • Breton: Proviñs Salerno
  • Bulgarian: Салерно
  • Catalan: Província de Salern
  • Cebuano: Salerno
  • Central Kurdish: پارێزگای سەلێرنۆ
  • Chinese: Salerno Séng
  • Chinese: 萨莱诺省
  • Chinese: 薩萊諾省
  • Corsican: pruvincia di Salernu
  • Corsican: Salernu
  • Czech: Provincie Salerno
  • Danish: Salerno
  • Dutch: Provincie Salerno
  • Dutch: Salerno
  • Esperanto: Provinco Salerno
  • Estonian: Salerno provints
  • Finnish: Salernon maakunta
  • French: province de Salerne
  • French: Province de Salerne
  • Galician: Provincia de Salerno
  • Galician: Salerno
  • Georgian: სალერნოს პროვინცია
  • German: IT-SA
  • German: Provinz Salerno
  • Greek: Επαρχία του Σαλέρνο
  • Greek: Σαλέρνο
  • Gujarati: સલેર્નો પ્રાંત
  • Hebrew: סלרנו
  • Hindi: सालेर्नो प्रांत
  • Hungarian: Salerno megye
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Salerno
  • Interlingua: Provincia de Salerno
  • Interlingua: provincia Salerno
  • Irish: Cúige Salerno
  • Italian: IT-SA
  • Italian: provincia di Salerno
  • Italian: Provincia di Salerno
  • Italian: SA
  • Italian: Salerno
  • Japanese: サレルノ県
  • Javanese: Provinsi Salerno
  • Kannada: ಸಲೆರ್ನೊ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Korean: 살레르노도
  • Ladin: Provinzia de Salerno
  • Ladino: Provinsia de Salerno
  • Latin: Provincia Salernensis
  • Latin: Provincia Salernitana
  • Latvian: Salerno province
  • Ligurian: provinsa de Salerno
  • Ligurian: Provinsa de Salerno
  • Lithuanian: Salerno provincija
  • Lombard: Provincia de Salern
  • Lombard: Pruvincia de Salerno
  • Macedonian: Салерно
  • Malay: Wilayah Salerno
  • Marathi: सालेर्नो प्रांत
  • Mazanderani: پروجا اوستان
  • Min Nan Chinese: Salerno Séng
  • Neapolitan: Pruvincia ‘e Salierno
  • Neapolitan: Pruvincia ’e Salierno
  • Northern Frisian: Salerno (Prowins)
  • Northern Frisian: Salerno
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Salerno
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Provinsen Salerno
  • Norwegian: Salerno
  • Occitan (post 1500): Província de Salèrn
  • Occitan (post 1500): Província de Salèrne
  • Ossetian: Салерно (провинци)
  • Ossetian: Салерно
  • Persian: استان سالرنو
  • Piemontese: Provincia ëd Salern
  • Polish: Prowincja Salerno
  • Portuguese: Salerno
  • Romanian: Provincia Salerno
  • Russian: Салерно
  • Sardinian: Provìntzia de Salerno
  • Sardinian: Provìntzia de Salernu
  • Scots: Province o Salerno
  • Scots: Salerno Province
  • Serbian: Салерно
  • Serbo-Croatian: Salerno
  • Sicilian: Pruvincia di Salernu
  • Sinhala: සලේර්නෝ පළාත
  • Slovenian: Pokrajina Salerno
  • Slovenian: Salerno
  • South Azerbaijani: سالرنو اوستانی
  • Spanish: Provincia de Salerno
  • Spanish: Salerno
  • Swedish: Salerno
  • Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Salerno
  • Tagalog: Salerno
  • Tamil: சாலிர்னோ மாகாணம்
  • Telugu: సాలెమో ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: సాలెమో రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: จังหวัดซาแลร์โน
  • Turkish: Salerno ili
  • Turkish: Salerno
  • Ukrainian: Провінція Салерно
  • Ukrainian: Салерно
  • Urdu: صوبہ سالیرنو
  • Uzbek: Salerno
  • Venetian: Provincia de Salerno
  • Venetian: Provincia de Sałerno
  • Vietnamese: Salerno
  • Waray (Philippines): Salerno
  • Welsh: Talaith Salerno
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع سالرنو
  • Wu Chinese: 萨莱诺省
  • ma lili Saleno
  • Provinge de Salerne
  • Provinge de Salerno

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