Piaggine, also called “Chiaine“ in the local dialect, is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, in the south-west of Italy.
The town is located on the river Calore, 93 miles south-east of Naples, 57 miles north-west of Potenza.
According to the official data, the resident population in 2020 was 1231.Piaggine was originally inhabited around 1000 A.D by a community of nomadic shepherds, which found green pastures among the mountains near the river.The town is famous for being the birthplace of the notorious brigant Giuseppe Tardio.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggine
Coordinates 40°20'41.309" N 15°22'43.179" E
