Pruno (Cilento)

Pruno
View of Pruno di Laurino
View of Pruno di Laurino
Pruno is located in Italy
Pruno
Pruno
Location of Pruno in Italy
Coordinates: 40°16′N 15°24′E / 40.267°N 15.400°E / 40.267; 15.400
CountryItaly
Region Campania
Province Salerno (SA)
ComuneLaurino
Valle dell'Angelo
Piaggine
Elevation1,100 m (3,600 ft)
Population
 • Total40
DemonymPrunesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
84057 (Laurino)
84070 (Valle dell'Angelo)
84065 (Piaggine)
Dialing code(+39) 0974
Panorama from the height of "Croce di Pruno"

Pruno[2] is a forest in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is the largest woodlands of central Cilento region. The hamlets (frazioni) with this name are situated in the municipalities of Laurino, Valle dell'Angelo and Piaggine, and are considered a singular village.

Pruno represents one of the most unpolluted natural areas of Campania and one of the lesser inhabited territories of Southern Italy. It is protected within the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, and is part of the Cilento World Heritage Site.

  1. ^ Average elevation, from 600 to 1,300 amsl
  2. ^ Name meaning the fruit of prunus tree in Cilentan dialect, which is "prugna" in italian