The Cathedral of S. Maria Maggiore was built around the end of 1200, by Charles of Anjou, as symbol of reward towards the Princes Sanseverino, lords of Diano, who helped him in the war against the Swabians. Among the art works preserved inside it, it stands out the pulpit sculpted by Melchiorre from Montalbano in 1271...
In Mirabella Eclano, in August, history has been on stage, with a project carried out by the Events and Tourism Department of the Municipality in collaboration with the Archaeological Superintendence of Campania. For one night, the ancient Aeclanum has lived again, thanks to the historical reconstruction of the siege...
In the alleys of ancient Teggiano, in an old house, there is the Museum. It stores a wide collection of tools and objects once used by the people of Vallo di Diano. Here, the visitors can see, perfectly reconstructed, the workspaces of the ancient artisans: that of the cobbler, with the stall and the molds for the...
The legend tells that at the Certosa of St. Lawrence in Padula, for the passage of King Charles V of Spain, triumphant back from the Battle of Tunis, the friars prepared as breakfast an omelet made with a rather substantial number of eggs. Charles V has defeated the Turkish admiral Khayr al Din, known as Barbarossa;...
In Gesualdo, the Church of the Holy Rosary rises impressive on a square on the side of the castle. From its bell tower, at a height of 25 meters, the traditional ‘Flight of the Angel’ is celebrated. The church, with respective Dominican Monastery, was started by the prince Carlo Gesualdo, who nevertheless succeeded...
The naturalist traveler will find great satisfaction admiring the vegetation and the fauna of the urban park ‘Panorami di Frigento‘ (Frigento Landscapes). The vegetation is part of the phytoclimatic area of the chestnut tree. We can find the chestnut tree on the sides of the mountain where the substratum is copious and...
In the enchanting scenery of the Pertosa Caves, at the foot of the National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano, during the month of August, every year the Negro Festival takes place, kermesse of music and ethnic culture that attracts every year lots of spectators, lovers of the good music, of the still uncontaminated...
The visit to the Caves of Pertosa is done on a raft that from the entrance leads to the caves with picturesque names, like the Arm of the Wonders, with the falls of stalactites that intertwine with the columns of stalagmites, or the Throne Room, with a formation that looks like a royal throne. Getting in the raft, the...
The Annurca of Campania is defined the ‘queen of the apples’ thanks to its marked organoleptic qualities: flavor, taste and scent. This apple is famous for its white compact and crisp flesh, agreeably slightly sour and perfumed. Its depiction in the paintings found in the excavations of Ercolano testifies its very...
Without doubt, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare is an immortal masterpiece of English Literature, which has built the imagination of entire generations. Nevertheless, not everybody knows that Shakespeare got his masterpiece from the short story of Mariotto and Ganozza by Masuccio Salernitano. In fact, in the...
