Pioppi
village in the Italian commune of Pollica
Pioppi is an Italian hamlet (frazione) in the municipality of Pollica (Province of Salerno), in Cilento, Campania region. Its name means 'poplars' in the Italian language.
History
The area of the village was a dependency of the Benedictine Abbey of Cava de' Tirreni. In 994 a church was built, named Sancta Maria de li Puppi. Around the building grew a fisherman's village, totally destroyed during the Sicilian Vespers (1282-1302) and rebuilt some years later.
Geography
This coastal village by the Tyrrhenian Sea is between Acciaroli and Marina di Casalvelino (a civil parish of Casal Velino). It is 10 km from the ancient Greek town of Velia and 4.6 km from Pollica.
Tourism
Pioppi, part of Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, is a tourist destination, especially in the summer. Due to the quality of its water, it has won the "Blue Flag Beach" award for several years.
One of its sights is the Museo Vivo del Mare ('Sea Museum'), in an ancient building named Palazzo Vinciprova.
The public source identifies “Pioppi” as village in the Italian commune of Pollica. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pioppi, village and Italian.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 9, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q2152049. The first chronological checks are 1282 and 1302.
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This entry incorporates text from “Pioppi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.