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 .
6-622: 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. This coastal village by the Tyrrhenian Sea is between Acciaroli and Marina di Casalvelino (a civil parish of Casal Velino ). It
12-465: A diocese, with the abbots functioning as bishops. In 1513, Pope Leo X separated the two offices, detaching the city of Cava from the abbot's jurisdiction. About the same time the Cluniacs were replaced by Cassinese monks. The monastery was closed under Napoleon but the community remained relatively unscathed, thanks to Abbot Carlo Mazzacane, and was restored after his fall. The abbey still provides
18-473: Is 10 km from the ancient Greek town of Velia and 4.6 km from Pollica. 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 . There
24-438: Is a diet book named after this village called The Pioppi Diet by Aseem Malhotra and Donal O'Neill. [REDACTED] Media related to Pioppi at Wikimedia Commons La Trinit%C3%A0 della Cava The Territorial abbey of La Trinità della Cava ( Latin : Abbatia Territorialis Sanctissimae Trinitatis Cavensis ), commonly known as Badia di Cava , is a Benedictine territorial abbey located near Cava de' Tirreni , in
30-658: The province of Salerno , southern Italy. It stands in a gorge of the Finestre Hills. It was founded in 1011 by Alferius of Pappacarbone , a noble of Salerno who became a Cluniac monk and had lived as a hermit in the vicinity since 1011. Pope Urban II endowed this monastery with many privileges, making it immediately subject to the Holy See, with jurisdiction over the surrounding territory. The first four abbots were canonized as saints on December 21, 1893, by Pope Leo XIII . In 1394, Pope Boniface IX elevated it to
36-427: The surrounding parishes with clergy. The church and the greater part of the buildings were entirely modernized in 1796. The old Gothic cloisters are preserved. The church contains a fine organ and several ancient sarcophagi. The church of the monastery has the tombs of Queen Sibylla of Burgundy (died 1150), second consort of King Roger II of Sicily , and a number of notable ecclesiastics. The monastery contains
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