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Corleto Monforte (''Curléte'' in Neapolitan)〔AA. VV., ''Dizionario di toponomastica. Storia e significato dei nomi geografici italiani'', Milano, GARZANTI, 1996, p. 229.〕 is a town and ''comune'' with 615 residents〔(Dato Istat ) - Resident population on December 31, 2013.〕 in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. ==History== Corleto Monforte gets its name from the Latin word ''coryletum,''〔(Data on the site of Italian municipalities )〕 meaning ''a thicket of hazeltrees'' (Corylus avellana). "Monforte," from the Latin words ''mons fortis,'' meaning ''strong hill,'' refers to the location's history as a fortification for feudal lords. Francesco Torre, in his book "Cenni storici di Corleto Monforte" ("A Brief History of Corleto Monforte"), published in 1893, recounts some of the theories on the origin of the town's name: The first title given to Corleto, as is found in historical documents, was 'Cornito,' which became 'Corneto' over time by one of those simple changes which occur in the other names of towns and cities. There are various opinions regarding the origin of this name. Some believe that Cornito, or Corneto, derives from ''cor nitidum,'' (meaning ''splendid heart'' ); others from the fact that the estate was abundant in horned animals (Italian ''cornuto'', meaning ''horned'' ); and, finally, others maintain that the town was called Cornito on account of the ''cornus arbor,'' as there were forests of dogwood (Cornus mas) in the area. From these three versions, the third seems to us to be more plausible, because the ancient Lucani, as related by Varro, the Antonines, and other ancient historians, were accustomed to give towns their name based on the nature of the site where they settled; and Corleto in those times was abundant, as it is still now, in dogwood. The reason for which Corneto was changed to Corleto with the turn of the centuries, we do not know. Thanks only to the aid of philology and tradition are we able to posit that the Corletani, on account of a joyful heart, named their town ''cor laetum'' (''joyful heart'' ), and this too explains the fact that Corleto uses a heart on its crest.〔"La prima denominazione data a Corleto fu, come rilevasi da documenti antichi, Cornito, che in prosieguo diventò Corneto, per uno di que' semplici mutamenti, che si verificano in altri nomi di città e paesi. Varii sono i pareri intorno all'origine di questa denominazione. Taluni vogliono che Cornito, o Corneto, derivasse da ''cor nitidum,'' (latino nitidus, florido, fiorente, rigoglioso, n.d.r. ) altri dal fatto che il suo tenimento era ricco di animali cornuti; e altri, infine, sostengono che il paese fu detto Cornito, da ''cornus arbor,'' imperocché vi erano delle selve di alberi corniole.From 1811 to 1860 it was part of the region of Sant'Angelo a Fasanella, which belonged to the District of Campania during the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. From 1860 to 1927, during the Kingdom of Italy, Corleto Monforte was a part of the mandamento of Sant'Angelo a Fasanella, still nominally within the District of Campania. To ensure that Corleto was distinct from other towns of the same name, the Corletani appended the phrase "at Fasanella," indicating "opposite old Fasanella," to the town's name. Following the ministerial agreement of June 30, 1862, the Town Council of Corleto replaced "at Fasanella" with the word "Monforte," effective after deliberation on November 18th of the same year. Thus, from then on, the town no longer called itself Corleto at Fasanella, but rather Corleto Monforte. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Corleto Monforte」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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