Marina di Camerota

Marina di Camerota is an Italian town, the largest hamlet (frazione) of Camerota, situated in the province of Salerno, Campania. In 2007 it had a population of 3,500 inhabitants.
Marina di Camerota lies on the southern side of Cilento, on the Tyrrhenian Sea, and it is the port of its “commune”. The town is 5 km from Camerota, 8 from Palinuro, 25 from Policastro, and 90 from Salerno. The town, located on 40°N parallel, is the southernmost inhabited area of Campania.
In the 17th century Marina di Linfreschi was a little group of houses, and the urban population expanded it around a church of Saint Dominic.
The town was a place of emigration to South America, especially to Venezuela, in the 19th century. The relationship with the American country is still strong, evidenced, for example, by a statue of Simón Bolívar built in the middle of the village, in front of the harbour side.
The town is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, whose natural environment is composed of “Maquis”, typical of Mediterranean countries. It is a main tourism location, especially in the summer, due to the quality of its water, which has earned it the Blue Flag beach award every year since 2000.
Marina di Camerota is also interesting for its paleontologic caves, with human fossils discovered in 1980s.