Sanza

Sanza

Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Sanza
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elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 558
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 126
population_footnotes =
population_as_of =
population_total = 3007
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population_density_km2 = 24
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gentilic = Sanzesi
telephone = 0975
postalcode = 84030
frazioni =
saint = San sabino
day = 5 August
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mapy = #expr:15 + 33 / 60.0
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native_name = Sanza
name = Sanza
website = http://sanza.asmenet.it

Sanza is a town and "comune" in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.

History

It is a small town placed on a hill surrounded by lots of mountains.In ancient times it was protected by walls and there were few gates to access the village.

Geography

The town is bordered by Buonabitacolo, Casalbuono, Casaletto Spartano, Caselle in Pittari, Monte San Giacomo, Montesano sulla Marcellana, Piaggine, Rofrano, Sassano and Valle dell'Angelo.

Feast Day

Sanza's biggest day of the year is August 5th; a day in which all of its patrons pay homage to their other beloved saint, La Madonna Della Nevica (Mary of the Snows.) In late July, a group of men carrying the heavy statue of La Madonna on their shoulders are followed by the people of Sanza as they ascend Monte Cervati (a nearby mountain in the Cilento region)The statue is then left in the small chapel at the very top. Then several days later, Sanza's devoted people, ranging from young children, to old men and women with walking sticks, once again follow La Madonna's descent back down the mountain. After a 26 kilometer journey ranging from around 2 or 3 am, up until when the people return, all those who had come down the mountain create a procession through the tight cobblestoned streets of Sanza, singing loudly and continuing to carry La Madonna.

Notes and references

ee also

*Cilento
*Cilento National Park
*Pruno Cilento
*Monte Cervati

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