Lauro (Campania)

Lauro
Country	Italy
region	Campania
province	Avellino  (AV)
Coordinates	40 ° 53 '  N , 14 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 52 '45 "  N , 14 ° 37' 59"  E
height	192  m slm
surface	11.10 km²
Residents	3,429 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	309 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	83023
prefix	081
ISTAT number	064043
Popular name	Lauretani
Patron saint	Rochus of Montpellier , Sebastian
Website	Lauro

Lauro is an Italian commune with 3429 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Avellino in the Campania region . The place is part of the mountain commune Partenio - Vallo di Lauro . The inhabitants are called Lauretani .

geography

The neighboring municipalities are Carbonara di Nola (NA) , Domicella , Moschiano , Pago del Vallo di Lauro , Palma Campania (NA), Quindici and Taurano . The districts are Fontenovella, Ima, Migliano and Pignano.

Folk culture

Good Friday procession in Lauro (2009)

View of Lauro with the Castello Lancellotti

In Vallo di Lauro with its main town Lauro there is an impressive tradition of celebrating Holy Week . On Good Friday there is a large procession , at the end of which groups dressed in white (so-called Biancovestiti ) from the various surrounding towns recite ancient sacred chants in the Campanian dialect on the main square . Historically dressed people with the Arma Christi also take part in the procession , and in neighboring Taurano the Passion of Jesus is played as Sacra rappresentazione vivente . Based on these models , Lauretani immigrated to Germany founded and designed the Passion Play in Bensheim an der Bergstrasse.

Important personalities

• Umberto Nobile (1885–1978), Italian airship pioneer and general.

Web links

Commons : Lauro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lauro municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Chants of the Biancovestiti in Lauro 2013 (video, part 1)
3. ↑ Chants of the Biancovestiti in Lauro 2013 (video, part 2)
4. ↑ Page of the organizers ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ Diane Dingeldein: The procession in Vallo di Lauro and the Passion Play in Bensheim an der Bergstrasse. A comparative study of the cultural transfer of a Good Day event. In: Yearbook for European Ethnology . Third part 5 (2010), pp. 171–194.