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San Gregorio Magno

San Gregorio Magno
Comune
Comune di San Gregorio Magno
Coat of arms of San Gregorio Magno
Coat of arms
San Gregorio Magno is located in Italy
San Gregorio Magno
San Gregorio Magno
Location of San Gregorio Magno in Italy
Coordinates: 40°39′N 15°24′E / 40.650°N 15.400°E / 40.650; 15.400
Country Italy
Region Campania
Province / Metropolitan city Salerno (SA)
Government
 • Mayor Onofrio Grippo
Area
 • Total 49 km2 (19 sq mi)
Elevation 508 m (1,667 ft)
Population (31 December 2014)
 • Total 4,327
 • Density 88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Gregoriani, Sangruis (local dialect)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 84020
Dialing code 0828
Patron saint Pope Gregory I
Saint day 3 September
Website Official website

San Gregorio Magno is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.

San Gregorio Magno is located in an ethnographic region of Southern Italy with a unique form of folk music played on a specialized bagpipe called a Zampogna. The instrument is closely associated with the pastoral culture of the region and is played for secular purposes, such as the tarantella folk dance, as well as for religious devotion. San Gregorio Magno was recently featured in an independent documentary about this musical tradition entitled Zampogna: The Soul of Southern Italy.



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