San Gregorio Magno

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{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = San Gregorio Magno

| official_name = Comune di San Gregorio Magno

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| map_caption = San Gregorio Magno within the Province of Salerno

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| coordinates = {{coord|40|39|N|15|24|E|region:IT_type:city(4616)|display=inline}}

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| region = {{RegioneIT|sigla=CAM}}

| province = {{ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=SA}} (SA)

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| mayor = Nicola padula

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| area_total_km2 = 49

| population_total = 4327

| population_as_of = 31 December 2014

| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

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| population_demonym = Gregoriani, Sangruis (local dialect)

| elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=https://www.tuttitalia.it/campania/31-san-gregorio-magno/|title=San Gregorio Magno|website=Tuttitalia|language=Italian}}

| elevation_m = 475

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| saint = Pope Gregory I

| day = 3 September

| postal_code = 84020

| area_code = 0828

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.sangregoriomagno.sa.it/}}

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San Gregorio Magno (local dialect: {{lang|nap|San Grgorij}}) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.

Overview

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{{when|date=May 2022}} featured in an independent documentary about this musical tradition entitled [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pa4W7iA5So Zampogna: The Soul of Southern Italy].

Twin towns

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