The Patron Saint of mothers and children The Shrine of Saint Gerardo Majella rises on the hill of Materdomini in the High Valley of Sele, in province of Avellino. San Gerardo Majella arrived in 1754 at the convent of the Redemptorists friars founded by Saint Alphonsus Maria de’ Liguori. In Materdomini, he dedicated...
This article is an invitation to discover dishes and typical products of the province of Avellino. Then, this is an invitation to taste these superb dishes in the little restaurants of the old town center of Avellino. The generosity of nature towards Irpinia is seen entirely when we sit at table. The variety and the...
One of the most famous sons of Frigento was Marciano Di Leo (1751-1819), canon of the cathedral, historian, politician, poet, philosopher, author of Vesuvio, a work in verses dedicated to the Vesuvius’s eruption on August 8, 1779. The interest of the work of Di Leo is based on the fact that it blends the scientific...
The village of Sanza is absolutely worthy for a visit. Laid down on a height, which strategically controls Bussento Valley, it preserves the typical structure of the medieval fortified center with the houses that follow in a concentric way the contour lines and are all around the Mother Church. Walking in the narrow...
Among the worship buildings in Cava de’ Tirreni, the Abbey of the Holy Trinity stands out, found in 1011 by a Benedictine hermit friar. In the Middle Ages, the Benedictine Abbey of the Holy Trinity in Cava de’ Tirreni was one of the most alive religious and cultural centers of Southern Italy. Found by a Longobardic...
The plaque of Polla (Lapis Pollae) is an epigraph in Latin and stays in front of the Taverna del Passo, along the state highway 19 of Calabrie. Lapis Pollae is a ‘milestone’ of Roman age, an inscription on stone that gives news about the building of Via Annia, which connected Reggio to Capua. It was realized around...
The Cookie of Sant’Angelo d’Alife (also called cookie of Saint Michael) is defined ‘culinary fossil’ because it expresses high symbolic and cultural meanings; for this reason, it has been included among the 44 traditional agricultural products of Region Campania with the Decree of June 5, 2014. It is a veneration bread...
The railway Avellino-Rocchetta Sant’Antonio is a secondary railway of Campania that in little part also crossed Basilicata and Apulia. The line joined principally Avellino with the inner zones of Irpinia. Officially suspended from December 2010, the ultra-centenarian railway has allowed, for years, many villages of...
The river Calore, among the most important flows of water of Southern Italy, rises from Cervati, the highest mountain of all Campania. Along its 108 km of curvy path, the river Calore swells with the waters of numerous tributaries. Maybe, its name derives from the particular temperature of the water, higher than the...
Particular weather and territorial conditions make Irpinia rich of numerous vegetal species useful for the bees: from the spontaneous blooming, to the forages and the fruit trees. Therefore, multiple qualities are obtained, which make the honey of Irpinia one of the most sought-after both for the daily diet and as...
