Many legends in Salerno arise from the presence of the Schola Medica Salernitana, the most ancient medical institution of the world born in Salerno during the Middle Ages. One of these, spread all over Europe and taken as inspiration by many tales writers, is entitled Poor Henry. The protagonist of this story is...
The Hortus Conclusus is an artistic installation by Domenico Paladino, leading figure of the Italian Transavantgarde, made in 1992 in collaboration with the architects Roberto Serino and Pasquale Palmieri and the designer Filippo Cannata. The name Hortus Conclusus comes from the Latin and identifies a close garden, a...
The goodness of the table of Montemiletto are the cecatiell co ru’ ppullieio. A main course of Irpinia made with a very aromatic and perfumed spontaneous grass, similar to the mint, exactly pulieio o puleio. Therefore, the handmade Cicatielli are a mix between cavatelli and fusilli. Of very ancient origins and linked...
The square of Rocca San Felice opens, in front of the eyes of the tourist, as a suggestive scenery, of which the great linden tree occupies most of the view. Under its fronds, the people of Rocca meet to talk, enjoy the fresh air and relax. The centuries-old linden tree is the cornerstone of the village and could not...
The Castle of Teggiano (Diano until 1862) has a history and a magic to discover. The most ancient news about the Macchiaroli Castle date back to 1405. In that year, the feud of Diano was royal property, because king Ladislaus of Durazzo had confiscated it to the Sanseverino, counts of Marsico, along with other their...
In Via Botteghelle in Salerno, food becomes the means through which deeply knowing the territory in a special ‘Salumeria‘ (delicatessen) Here, in fact, you can find a Salumeria of local and regional excellences. Near the delicatessen counter, there is a little wine area with wines of the territory of...
The lake of Conza is an artificial basin built in a natural alluvial plain. It has a surface of about 800 hectares and a maximum depth of 25 meters. It has been generated with the building of a dam wanted to collect water for irrigation use for Region Apulia, which has barred the course of the river Ofanto, one of the...
In August, in Gesualdo it takes place the Palio of the Halberd. The event of the Palio remembers an important happening of the history of the town, that is, the absolution between Prince Carlo Gesualdo and his son Emanuele on March 2, 1609. Emanuele married in Bohemia, on October 22, 1607, the beautiful Mary Polissena...
Fragneto L’Abate is a little village in province of Benevento characterized by the presence of oak woods. Exactly from these trees (in Italian called ‘farnia’), it derives the name ‘Farnitum’, become then in Italian ‘farnito’ and later ‘Fragneto’. The expression ‘Abatis’, that is of the abbot, was surely added to...
The Pastiera Napoletana has very ancient origins and comes from pagan rituals celebrating the arrival of the spring. According to the legend, the mermaid Parthenope lived in the wonderful gulf of Naples. Every spring, the beautiful mermaid emerged from the waters to greet the happy people on the gulf, delighting them...
