- Atena Lucana
Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Atena Lucana
img_coa = Atena Lucana Stemma.gif
img_coa_small =
image_caption =
region = RegioneIT|sigla=CAM
province = ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=SA (SA)
mayor =
mayor_party =
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 642
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 25
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 2231
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 89
coordinates = coord|40|27|0|N|15|33|0|E|region:IT_type:city(2231)
gentilic = Atinati o atenesi
telephone = 0975
postalcode = 84030
frazioni =
saint = San Biagio
day =
mapx = #expr:40 + 27 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:15 + 33 / 60.0
locator_position =
native_name = Atena Lucana
name = Atena Lucana
website = http://atenalucana.asmenet.itAtena Lucana is a town and
comune in theprovince of Salerno in theCampania region of south-westernItaly .Festivals
A popular feast day in Atena Lucana is the feast of San Ciro, which is celebrated the 3rd Sunday of May. The women, to show their devotion carry large pyramids of candles on their heads in a procession. Many of them go barefoot as well to show their devotion or to ask for a healing from the Saint. This sort of procession can only be found today in small communities in the southern parts of Italy.
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