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See also:TEGGIANO (anc. Tegianum, formerly called See also:Diana)
, a See also:town in See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Salerno, 45 M
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S.E. of that town
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Pop
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(1901) 5095
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It is situated 2090 ft. above See also:sea-level on an isolated See also:eminence above the upper See also:part of the valley of the See also:Negro (anc
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See also:Tanager), to which it gives the name of Val di Diano
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It represents the See also:ancient Tegianum a municipal town of Lucania, made into a See also:colony by See also:Nero, of which the ruins can be traced at the See also:foot of the See also: In 1497 it was strong enough to resist, under See also:Antonio Sanseverino of Salerno, the See also:siege undertaken by See also:Frederick of See also:Aragon . (T . |
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