Faraway from the noises of the earthly life, secluded on Mount Cervati, in the territory of Sanza, the house of the Archconfraternity of Saint Mary of the Snow rises up. The shrine of Sanza, built around the X century, as it can be read in an epigraph conserved there, has a plant compliant with the period of building:...
In Rocca San Felice, there is the suggestive archaeological area of the Ansanto Valley, also called Mephitis. The scenery is that of an arid and desolate flat area of grayish color with yellow stains (sulfur), without vegetation. Under a precipice, there is the little lake called Mephitis, characterized by the gases...
The Museum of the Herbs of Teggiano, with Viridarium, represents the reference point of numerous social categories from the professionals to the students, the farmers, the artisans, the housewives, the researchers, the scholars, the onlookers of the Province of Salerno and Region Campania. The Museum of the Herbs has...
The archaeological Underwater Park of Baia represents a unique example in the Mediterranean environment of archaeological and naturalistic underwater protection. In order to explain the Underwater Park of Baia, first of all, it is necessary to know the reason why this area today stays under the sea level. In fact, we...
San Leucio is a hamlet of the municipality of Caserta, whose fame is linked to the manufacture of silk. This manufacture transformed a hunting residence into an industrial reality that generated principles of economic and social equality. The silk art in the area of Caserta has a really singular origin. In fact, the...
The crunchy ‘Zitella’ Apple of the hills of Avellino and Benevento In the hill and mountain areas of Avellino and Benevento, we still find, in the mixed orchards of familiar kind, very vigorous trees of the ‘Zitella’ (spinster) apple, a cultivar once largely spread, along with other traditional varieties. Its fruit is...
In Salerno, numerous legends are born during the time. Among these, an ancient one, covered by sacred and mystery, has as scenery Roccagloriosa. More precisely its hamlet Acquavena. The story tells about a shepherd who always lost his oxen, when he brought them to graze. The man, worried, thought there was a thief of...
In Ceccano there is the evocative Castle of the Counts that has its roots in ancient times. More precisely, in the VIII century A.D., the fortified tower, original heart of the entire structure, was erected. To simplify the reading, we can distinguish the history of the Castle of Ceccano into three building steps:...
Pietrelcina, the birthplace of Padre Pio is a medieval hamlet of undeniable beauty. The living crib that is presented here recreates scenes faithful to the imagination about the birth of Jesus. For this, the living crib of Pietrelcina is one of the most fascinating and participated of the region. The crib of...
Contrary to the chaos of the quarters of Naples, in the corridors of the Fontanelle the air is rarefied and the silence envelopes, isolates… The Fontanelle Cemetery is an ossuary obtained from a tuff cave that puts together millions of bones belonged to the dead of the plague in 1600 and of the cholera in 1800....
