For more than a hundred years this village governed others: from 1811 to 1860 it was the head town of its circondario, then, with a united Italy, the head town of its mandamento until 1927. Today a little more than eight hundred people live here, and of the offices nothing is left.
The fief had been given by Robert Guiscard to one of his knights, to keep an eye on the area together with the castles of Rofrano and Alfano. That people lived well here afterwards is shown by the frescoes of the chapel of San Filippo: the oldest are from the second half of the thirteenth century, and having them made cost money.
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Next up: Feasts of Saint Philip of Agira and Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Wednesday 12 May
Nearest airport: Napoli Capodichino, 123 km away
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📅 Every year, on 12 May and on the Sunday after 16 July (Our Lady of Mount Carmel)
Laurito, a municipality of 843 inhabitants in the province of Salerno, celebrates Saint Philip of Agira on 12 May and Our Lady of Mount Carmel on the Sunday after 16 July.
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Outside Laurito, but an easy day trip away.
