San Gregorio Magno Explained

San Gregorio Magno
Official Name:Comune di San Gregorio Magno
Coordinates:40.65°N 39°W
Province: (SA)
Mayor:Nicola padula
Area Total Km2:49
Population Total:4327
Population As Of:31 December 2014
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Demonym:Gregoriani, Sangruis (local dialect)
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:475
Saint:Pope Gregory I
Day:3 September
Postal Code:84020
Area Code:0828

San Gregorio Magno (local dialect: Neapolitan: San Grgorij) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.

Overview

San Gregorio Magno is located in an ethnographic region of Southern Italy with a unique form of folk music played on a specialized bagpipe called a Zampogna. The instrument is closely associated with the pastoral culture of the region and is played for secular purposes, such as the tarantella folk dance, as well as for religious devotion. San Gregorio Magno was recently featured in an independent documentary about this musical tradition entitled Zampogna: The Soul of Southern Italy.

Twin towns

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Notes and References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  2. Web site: San Gregorio Magno. Tuttitalia. Italian.