Pioppi
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region |  Campania |
| Province | Salerno (SA) |
| Comune | Pollica |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2009[1]) | |
| • Total | 317 |
| Demonym(s) | Pioppesi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 84068 |
| Dialing code | (+39) 0974 |
Pioppi is an Italian hamlet (frazione) of the municipality of Pollica (Province of Salerno), located in Cilento, Campania region. Its name means poplars in Italian language.
History
The area of the actual village was a dependency of the Benedectine Abbey of Cava de' Tirreni. In the year 994 it was built a church, 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.[2]
Geography
This coastal village by Tyrrhenian Sea is located between Acciaroli and Marina di Casalvelino (a civil parish of Casal Velino). It is 10 km far from the Ancient Greek town of Velia and 4,6 from Pollica.
Tourism
Pioppi, part of Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, is a welcoming place for tourism, especially on summer. Due to the quality of its water, it has won the "Blue Flag Beach"[3] award for several years.
One of its sights is the Museo Vivo del Mare (Sea Museum), located in an ancient building named Palazzo Vinciprova.[4]
Personalities
- Ancel Keys (1904 - 2004), an American physiologist, lived for 28 years in Pioppi, studying the Mediterranean diet, in a place overlooking the Greek colony of Elea (a locality he named Minnelea, a portmanteau from Minnesota and Elea).[5][6]
- Martti Karvonen (1918-2009), known of the Karvonen method), who also lived in Minnelea studying the Mediterranean diet with Ancel Keys. He spent in Pioppi most part of his life after retirement[7]
- Jeremiah Stamler (b. 1919), a renowned cardiologist, who, after retirement, is dividing himself between Minnelea, Long Island, and Chicago.[8]
See also
References
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- ↑ (Italian) Infos on italia.indettaglio.it
- ↑ (Italian) History of Pioppi on Pollica municipal website
- ↑ Pioppi page on www.blueflag.org
- ↑ (Italian) Infos on the museum's official site
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- ↑ (Italian) Article on Pollica municipal website
- ↑ (Finnish) Pekka Puska, Martti J. Karvonen. Professori s. 24.6.1918 k. 10.3.2009, Helsingin Sanomat.
- ↑ Jeremiah Stamler, MD (b.1919), profile in History of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
