Palinuro | |
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 Palinuro seen from the surrounding hills | |
  Palinuro Location of Palinuro in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 40°02′00″N 15°17′00″E / 40.03333°N 15.28333°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province | Salerno (SA) |
| Comune | Centola |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,500 |
| Demonym | Palinuresi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 84051 |
| Dialing code | (+39) 0974 |
Palinuro is an Italian small town, the most populated civil parish (frazione) of Centola,[1] Province of Salerno, in the Campania region. The name of the town is derived from Palinurus, the helmsman of Aeneas, as recorded in the fifth and sixth books of the Aeneid.
- ^ (in Italian) Municipal statute of Centola www.comune.centola.sa.it