Serramezzana

Serramezzana is the smallest municipality by extension in Cilento and Campania.
The compound name derives from the medieval Latin Serra (mountain or hilly ridge) and the Latin adjective Medianus (from the middle).
The first news regarding Serramezzana dates back to 1072, when Gisulfo II, the last Lombard prince of Salerno, ordered that the small Church of San Nicola, built in the place called "Serramediana" that fell in the district of Lucania, passed with all its possessions under the jurisdiction of the Abbey of Cava. On that date, however, a large city already stood on Mount Castelluccio: it was probably Petilia, the capital of Lucania.
The year following the donation of Gisulfo II, the Church of San Nicola had been elevated to a monastery and the Abbey of Cava had confirmation of the possession of this monastery and of the whole village in the subsequent Norman period, first by the Dukes of Puglia and, subsequently , by the Sanseverinos, when the latter became the feudatories of most of the lands of the old district of Lucania.
The village of S. Teodoro, dating back to 1165, was built around the church of the same name, in the place where there were ancient Basilian degrees. In Norman times it had the same rights and uses as Capograssi.
The first news of Capograssi dates back to 1113 and the feud included Serramezzana and Castegneta. This fiefdom, during the Norman period, was an example of organization, based on precise jussi (rights) and wide civic uses, such as the one concerning the use of mills and large stone vats for crushing grapes.

Serramezzana is the smallest municipality by extension in Cilento and Campania.
The compound name derives from the medieval Latin Serra (mountain or hilly ridge) and the Latin adjective Medianus (from the middle).
The first news regarding Serramezzana dates back to 1072, when Gisulfo II, the last Lombard prince of Salerno, ordered that the small Church of San Nicola, built in the place called "Serramediana" that fell in the district of Lucania, passed with all its possessions under the jurisdiction of the Abbey of Cava. On that date, however, a large city already stood on Mount Castelluccio: it was probably Petilia, the capital of Lucania.
The year following the donation of Gisulfo II, the Church of San Nicola had been elevated to a monastery and the Abbey of Cava had confirmation of the possession of this monastery and of the whole village in the subsequent Norman period, first by the Dukes of Puglia and, subsequently , by the Sanseverinos, when the latter became the feudatories of most of the lands of the old district of Lucania.
The village of S. Teodoro, dating back to 1165, was built around the church of the same name, in the place where there were ancient Basilian degrees. In Norman times it had the same rights and uses as Capograssi.
The first news of Capograssi dates back to 1113 and the feud included Serramezzana and Castegneta. This fiefdom, during the Norman period, was an example of organization, based on precise jussi (rights) and wide civic uses, such as the one concerning the use of mills and large stone vats for crushing grapes.