Palinuro (Centola)
Coordinates: 40 ° 2 ′ N , 15 ° 17 ′ E
Palinuro is an Italian coastal town in the Cilento with around 1,200 inhabitants. It is a district of the municipality of Centola in the province of Salerno ( Campania ).
The place is 5 m slm , the zip code is 84051, and the area code is (+39) 0974. The demonym for the inhabitants is Palinuresi .
history
Until the 1970s, the place consisted of just a few houses. Today Palinuro is a lively little seaside resort with a medieval castle (Castello di Molpa, 15th century) as well as a marina and the grottoes that the sea has worked tirelessly into the rock of Capo di Palinuro over the years.
geography
Palinuro is a district of Centola. It is located north of the cape of Palinuro in a small bay. Since 1991 the place is part of the National Park Cilento and Vallo di Diano and a member of the Costiera Cilentana .
Sports
The place was the arrival point of the Giro d'Italia in 1980 .
Legend
The most important landmark for seafaring in the area (Gulf of Salerno, Gulf of Policastro) is the rocky nose of Capo di Palinuro protruding into the sea. Virgil's description in Book 5 of the Aeneid shows that this has been the case for a long time : When Aeneas got into distress and finally spotted the rocky nose of the coast, his helmsman, Palinuro , fell asleep and fell into the sea. His further fate is described in the 6th book: Palinuro drifted across the sea for three days on the oar that was carried along and ended up stranded on the coast of Lucania. As soon as he thought he had been saved, he was killed by the residents of the area. Then the rock was given its name.
