Posts by: Redazione Insolitaitalia

Montaperto is an hamlet of Montemiletto clearly separated and with a precise historic and urban connotation, so as it can be considered a separate village. In Montaperto, there are a little Medieval castle, exactly Longobardic, with angular towers, the ancient Church of St. Audenio, dating back to the XII century, the...

Marcianise is a Municipality in province of Caserta, famous for its Menesta mmaretata (married soup) that represents an Easter tradition. To enter the essence of the tradition of Marcianise, simple and of rural memory, it is necessary to recover the tales of the animal present in the yards of the country families. Its...

With the enhancement of the medieval town of Sieti and its six hamlets, the ancient municipality of Giffoni Sei Casali, at 8 km far from Salerno, put between the Amalfi Coast and the National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano, a big program of tourist development has started. The entire community has aimed at the...

The Sound Archive of Campania is a digital case that collects sonorous, photographic and audiovisual materials and inserts itself into the network of archives of popular music traditions, with the aim to give back to the local communities documents of their own cultural traditions, simplifying their consultation to...

The Truffle of Bagnoli Irpino is an exquisite delight that satisfies nose and palate. In Campania, numerous species of truffles are present, among which the most widespread and famous is the normal black Truffle or the ‘Truffle of Bagnoli Irpino’, from the name of the municipality of Irpinia where from centuries a...

The museum of the Amalfi paper is the narration of an ancient tradition in one of the most evocative places of Italy. The Amalfi people had learnt from the Arabs the techniques for the production of the paper, which at that time was called Bambagina paper. This name comes probably from the Arabic town El Mambig or,...

The Church of Santa Sofia is a building of extraordinary architectural interest. The church is part of the monumental complex of Santa Sofia, which includes the church, the annexed cloister and part of the abbey that today houses the Museum of Samnium. The restoration of the church of Santa Sofia has been made in the...

The Virtual Archaeological Museum (MAV) rises near the archaeological site of ancient Herculaneum, a center of culture and technology applied to cultural heritage and communication among the most avant-garde centers of Italy. In Ercolano, through scenografic reconstructions, virtual interfaces and holograms, the...

Irpinia boasts ancient traditions in the production of the nougat. If we imagine a journey in Irpinia in the places of the nougat, we have to start from Ospedaletto D’Alpinolo, little village at the slopes of the Mounts of Partenio. Here, along with the traditional pilgrimage with carts and horses decked out to honor...

The prophet of the Italian people, Gabriele D’Annunzio, wanted to celebrate the honors of Salerno and Amalfi in ‘Merope’, the fourth novel of the ‘Laudi del Cielo del Mare della Terra e degli Eroi’. In the four-sided portico of the Cathedral of Salerno, on the left of the majestic bronze door, there is a little marble...