Roscigno

Roscigno is an Italian municipality with 830 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) in the province of Salerno in the Campania region. The place is located in the National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano and is part of the Comunità Montana Alburni.

Geography

Roscigno covers an area of 14 km ². The village is 570 meters above sea level. The neighboring communities include: Bellosguardo, Corleto Monforte, Laurino, Sacco and Sant'Angelo a Fasanella.

Roscigno consists of the inhabited Roscigno Nuova, and the abandoned village Roscigno Vecchia. Furthermore, the part of the municipality of Monte Pruno houses an archaeological site.

History

The village was first mentioned in the 11th century. A century later, the village had 110 inhabitants. Beginning of the 20th century, the village disbanded and was based a bit off again. Background was the fear that the village could be buried under a landslide. This, however, did not occur until today and abandoned homes - many of them from the 17th century - are in good condition. UNESCO has the " Pompeii of the 19th century," declared a World Heritage Site and protecting the village from ruin.

Archeology

On Monte Pruno ( 879 mslm ) were discovered during excavations in 1938 a prince grave from the time of Lucanians with rich grave goods, which you can visit the Archaeological Museum in Salerno today. Among them are a silver crown, a war chariot, bronze objects and much more. There are also other graves there, all of which probably belonged to a settlement.