Pioppi | |
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 Coastline of Pioppi | |
  Pioppi Location of Pioppi in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 40°10′28.48″N 15°05′21.96″E / 40.1745778°N 15.0894333°E | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province | Salerno (SA) |
| Comune | Pollica |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2009[1]) | |
| • Total | 317 |
| Demonym | Pioppesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 84068 |
| Dialing code | (+39) 0974 |
Pioppi is an Italian hamlet (frazione) in the municipality of Pollica (Province of Salerno), in Cilento, Campania region. Its name means 'poplars' in the Italian language.
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TOM: Ready? PAUL: Yeah. TOM: Pedal. [CREAKING] PAUL: Back. TOM: Yep. I am in the foothills of the Dolomite Mountains, about an hour north of Venice, in Italy. And this is a place called Ai Pioppi, The Poplars. 40 years ago, a man called Bruno opened a restaurant and then, he learned to weld, and he thought, okay, I'll make some small bits of playground equipment for the kids who come to my restaurant. Well, it's now 40 years later, and Bruno's welding looks like this. This is the terrifying Wheel of Death? Bicycle of Death? -- I'm not sure how to translate it -- at Ai Pioppi. Like all the rides at this bizarre, kinetic, playground, theme pa--aahh!--rk -- it is entirely human-powered. Everything here has no more energy that what people put into it, in this case by pedalling. There are all sorts of bizarre contraptions, and -- Augh! Go on! [BOTH YELL] Here we go! Pedal! Pedal! [LOUD YELLING] Go on! Go on! Yes! [MORE YELLING] It is astonishing. It exists only in -- come on! Keep pedalling! That is... oh boy, that's my phone! That's my phone. That's my phone. All right, let's -- oh, here we go again. Break there? PAUL: I'm done. TOM: So, um, I might have broken my phone. Good news! I didn't break my phone. Bad news: I did break my face. About five minutes after filming that. Entirely my fault, not theirs. I ran on a bit of metal that I shouldn't have done. Tripped, fell face first, next thing I know a lovely Italian doctor is putting seven stitches into my cheek. Obviously there's an acceptable level of risk when you go and do something like this. If you're not willing to take that risk, then don't go, but -- I do recommend you do. It is wonderful, everyone there was wonderful, they provided first aid as well. But if you go: please, don't get reckless. Don't do what I did. Don't think you're invincible just 'cos you've done a couple of somersaults on a bike. Follow the safety warnings, be really careful, and I'll see you around. And if there's no video next week, it is because I'm having seven stitches removed from my face!
History
The area of the village was a dependency of the Benedictine Abbey of Cava de' Tirreni. In 994 a church was built, named Sancta Maria de li Puppi. Around the building grew a fisherman's village, totally destroyed during the Sicilian Vespers (1282-1302) and rebuilt some years later.[2]
Geography
This coastal village by the Tyrrhenian Sea is between Acciaroli and Marina di Casalvelino (a civil parish of Casal Velino). It is 10 km from the ancient Greek town of Velia and 4.6 km from Pollica.
Tourism
Pioppi, part of Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, is a tourist destination, especially in the summer. Due to the quality of its water, it has won the "Blue Flag Beach"[3] award for several years.
One of its sights is the Museo Vivo del Mare ('Sea Museum'), in an ancient building named Palazzo Vinciprova.[4]
People
- Ancel Keys (1904–2004), an American physiologist, lived and worked from 1963 to 1998 in Pioppi,[5] studying the Mediterranean diet, in his estate overlooking the Greek colony of Elea, an estate he named "Minnelea", a portmanteau from Minnesota and Elea.[6][7]
- Martti Karvonen (1918–2009), known for the Karvonen method, also lived in Minnelea studying the Mediterranean diet with Ancel Keys. He spent his life after retirement in Pioppi.[8]
- Jeremiah Stamler (1919-2022), a cardiologist, who, after retirement, divided his time between Minnelea, Long Island, and Chicago.[9]
Things named after
There is a fad-diet book named after this village called The Pioppi Diet by Aseem Malhotra and Donal O'Neill.[10]
See also
References
- ^ (in Italian) Info on italia.indettaglio.it
- ^ (in Italian) History of Pioppi on Pollica municipal website
- ^ Pioppi page on www.blueflag.org
- ^ (in Italian) Info on the museum's official site
- ^ "Ancel Keys". The Florentine. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ "Ancel Keys". The American Physiological Society (Press release). 2004. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
- ^ (in Italian) Article on Pollica municipal website
- ^ (in Finnish) Pekka Puska, Martti J. Karvonen. Professori s. 24.6.1918 k. 10.3.2009, Helsingin Sanomat.
- ^ Jeremiah Stamler, MD (b.1919), profile in History of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
- ^ Harris-Fry, Nick (28 June 2017). "What Is The Pioppi Diet?". Coach. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
External links
Media related to Pioppi at Wikimedia Commons
This page was last edited on 28 January 2022, at 09:15