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Torraca
Comune in Campania, Italy

Torraca is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

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History

The LED city

In 2007, the town spent 280,000 euro to convert all its 700 street lamps to LED technology - a first in Europe - and thereby reduced its energy and maintenance costs by 70%. Because of this, the town was awarded the Kyoto 2007 prize. Newspapers referred to Torraca as "LED city".1

Geography

The town is situated in the south of Cilento, a few kilometers from Sapri and Maratea and close to the borders of Campania with Basilicata. The surrounding municipalities are Casaletto Spartano, Sapri, Tortorella and Vibonati.

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References

  1. Torraca on cityledlighting.com http://www.cityledlighting.com/torraca/