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

HIGHLIGHTS

The third most populous city of the province, it is renowned for the production of buffalo mozzarella and for the various agricultural crops, which make Battipaglia one of the most fertile territories of the Sele plain (of which it is also the leading industrial hub).

Economy

Most of the town’s wealth is due to the industrial, craft, and agricultural sectors.A plant of Fiaschello Battipagliese

A large number of local dairy companies produce the well-known local buffalo mozzarella (Mozzarella di bufala campana DOP), a famous form of which is called zizzona di Battipaglia (Battipaglia boob) because of its similarity to a female breast.

In addition to that, Battipaglia is a production area of Carciofo di Paestum (Paestum artichoke) IGP, annurca IGP, and tomato Fiaschello.

Among the most significant companies which established factories in Battipaglia are: Bonduelle (food), Prysmian (telecommunications cables), Sivam (animal husbandry), Cooper Standard Automotive (car parts), Nexans (electric cables), Crown, Deriblok (packaging), and Jcoplastic (plastic).

Culture

Every first Sunday of July the town’s center is decked to the nines for three days on the occasion of the celebrating of Our Lady of Hope (Festa della Speranza). The big town market, whose atmosphere recalls an amusement park where traders can display their wares, lasts from Saturday to Monday, usually ending with a music exhibition in the central Piazza Amendola.