{{distinguish|Stia}} {{Infobox Italian comune | name = Stio | official_name = Comune di Stio | native_name = | image_skyline = Stio (panoramic view).jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_shield = Stio-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | image_map = Stio pos SA.gif | map_alt = | map_caption = Stio within the Province of Salerno | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|40|18|35.32|N|15|15|7.21|E|region:IT|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = {{RegioneIT|sigla=CAM}} | province = {{ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=SA}} (SA) | frazioni = [[Gorga (Stio)|Gorga]] | mayor_party = | mayor = Giancarlo Trotta | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 24 | population_footnotes = <ref name="istat">{{in lang|it}} [http://demo.istat.it/bil2016/index.html Source]: [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]] 2016</ref> | population_total = 872 | population_as_of = 2016 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Stiesi | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | elevation_m = 675 | saint = [[Paschal Baylon|St. Paschal Baylon]] | day = 17 May | postal_code = 84075 | area_code = 0974 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.stio.sa.it/}} | footnotes = | istat = 065145 }} '''Stio''' is a town and ''[[comune]]'' in the [[province of Salerno]] in the [[Campania]] region of south-western [[Italy]]. As of 2016, its population was 872.<ref name="istat"/>
==History== The village was founded in the beginnings of the 11th century. The origin of the name is debated, and it has been supposed it could derive from the [[Latin language|Latin]] word ''Ostium'' ("entrance"), or others.<ref>[http://www.stiotipica.it/stiotipica_history.html History of Stio]</ref>
==Geography== Located in the middle of [[Cilento]], and part of [[Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park|its national park]], Stio is a hilltown near the springs of [[Alento (Campania)|Alento]] river and the forest area of [[Pruno (Cilento)|Pruno]]. The municipality borders with [[Campora]], [[Gioi]], [[Laurino]], [[Magliano Vetere]] and [[Orria]].<ref>{{OSM|r|40428|Stio}}</ref> It counts a single hamlet (''[[frazione]]''), that is the village of [[Gorga (Stio)|Gorga]], 3 km far from it and with a population of 160.<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://italia.indettaglio.it/ita/campania/salerno_stio_gorga.html Gorga on italia.indettaglio.it]</ref>
The town is composed by the medieval old town and spans, along the national highway SR 488, with two more recent areas: Via Amendola in the west, and Via Mazzini in the east. The upper area, named Piano del Rosario and composed by some scattered houses surrounded by a forest, is located above the village of Gorga.
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==Main sights== *St. Paschal Church (18th century), located in the middle of the town<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.comune.stio.sa.it/client/scheda.aspx?scheda=621&stile=3&ti=43 Churches of Stio]</ref> *The ancient St. Peter and Paul Church (11th century), located south of the old town. *The Mill Valley ({{langx|it|Valle dei Mulini}}), located outside the town.<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.parks.it/parco.nazionale.cilento/iti_dettaglio.php?id_iti=431 Valle dei Mulini on parks.it]</ref>
==Personalities== *Raffaele Lettieri (1881–1957), politician and academic, born in Gorga<ref>See [[:it:Raffaele Lettieri]]</ref> *Antonino Maria Stromillo (1786–1858), Catholic bishop, first one of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Caltanissetta|Diocese of Caltanissetta]], born in Gorga<ref>See [[:it:Antonino Maria Stromillo]]</ref>
==Gallery== {{Gallery |title= |width=230 | height=160 |align=center |footer= |File:Stio (St. Paschal Church).jpg|The central St. Paschal Church |File:Stio (Ancient St. Peter and Paul Church).jpg|Rests of the ancient St. Peter and Paul Church |File:Gorga (panorama with Piano del Rosario of Stio).jpg|View of the ''frazione'' Gorga with (above) Piano del Rosario }}
==Twin towns== *{{flagicon|France}} [[Dingé]] ([[France]])
==See also== *[[Cilentan dialect]]
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Stio}} *{{in lang|it}} [http://www.comune.stio.sa.it/ Stio official website] *{{in lang|it}} [http://www.stiotipica.it/index_uk.html Stio Tipica: history, sights, traditions]
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Campania]] [[Category:Localities of Cilento]]