Ogliastro Marina

Ogliastro Marina, sometimes shortened as Ogliastro, is a southern Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Castellabate, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania. As of 2009 its population was of 172.[1]

Ogliastro Marina
Frazione
The coastline with Licosa in background
Ogliastro Marina
Location of Ogliastro Marina in Italy
Coordinates: 40°14′3.41″N 14°56′39.26″E
Country Italy
Region Campania
ProvinceSalerno (SA)
ComuneCastellabate
Elevation
13 m (43 ft)
Population
 (2009)[1]
 • Total172
Demonym(s)Ogliastresi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84048
Dialing code(+39) 0974
Patron saintSt. Mary
Saint day2 July
St. Mary's church

History

Originally mentioned as village, it became a farmhouse (casale) part of the baronage of Castello dell'Abate. It hosted a little port, named Olearola, owned by the Abbey of Cava de' Tirreni and used to trade with Sicily and North Africa.[2]

Geography

Ogliastro Marina is located in northern Cilento, along the Cilentan Coast by the Tyrrhenian Sea. It spans from the junction of the national highway SS 267 to the entrance of the natural area of Licosa.[3] The village is divided from the nearby hamlet of Case del Conte (in the comune of Montecorice) by Rio dell'Arena river and shares with it a large beach. The settlement is divided into a pair of inhabited areas, named Baia dell'Arena (east) and Punta di Ogliastro (west), with a coastal park in the middle.

The village is 5 km far from San Marco, 7 from Santa Maria and Castellabate, 8 from Montecorice, 9 from Agnone and 20 from Agropoli.

Natural environment

Ogliastro is surrounded by hills whose main vegetation is the maquis shrubland (macchia). In 2006 and 2012, the beach near Rio dell'Arena was the set of a rare naturalistic event: the egg-laying of a loggerhead sea turtle (caretta caretta).[4][3]

  • Ogliarola Tower
  • Beginning point of the trail of Olearola
  • The beach of Ogliastro (left) and Case del Conte (right)

See also

References
  1. (in Italian) Ogliastro Marina (western and eastern areas) at italia.indettaglio.it
  2. (in Italian) "Opened the nature trail of "Olearola" in Ogliastro Marina (Castellabate municipal website)
  3. Ogliastro Marina on castellabateonline.com
  4. (in Italian) "Ogliastro, the return of the turtles" (archivio.denaro.it)
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