The Liqueur Concerto (concert) is one of the oldest rosolios of the Amalfi Coast. For tradition, it is attributed to the inventiveness of the Monks of the Monastery of Saint Francis in Tramonti. In fact, once, the monks and the nuns were the only ones to have a real laboratory of pharmacy. They collected and...
In the heart of Campania, exactly in the north-west zone of Naples, the famous Campi Flegrei (Phlegraean Fields) rise. Originally, according to Diodoro Siculo, the definition ‘Phlegraean’ was attributed to the area between Massico Mount and the mounts of Caserta until the Lattari, but the name was given taking the cue...
In Positano, pearl of the Amalfi Coast, along with the naturalistic beauties of the place, there are also numerous monuments of historical interest among which the Church of Santa Maria Assunta. The history of the Church of Santa Maria Assunta is strictly connected with that of the Benedictine monastery of Saint Mary...
The characteristic architecture of the medieval aqueduct of Salerno has aroused the imagination of the people of Salerno who from always call it the arch of the devils (‘l’arco re’ riavule’). The Aqueduct of Salerno has a long and glorious past, made of stories and legends, of very important artistic ‘records’ and of...
The Scazzetta of Pantaleone The dessert that represents Salerno par excellence, the Scazzetta di Pantaleone, is known by all the people of Salerno and not only, but probably few know from where its fame and tasty derive. All the people of Salerno know that to eat the scazzetta, you have to go in an only patisserie in...
Paestum, at south of Salerno, is among the most ancient towns of Campania In fact, it was one of the main centers of the Magna Graecia and the oldest tracks of human settlement date back to the Paleolithic. At the end of the V century BC, the town was conquered by the Lucanians and lived a period of prosperity,...
Frigento is a village in the heart of Irpinia that has known how to combine the opening to the modernity with the respect and the enhancement of its own history. The old town center, inhabited for more than two thousand years, is almost a photography of Frigento of the second half of the Eighteenth century. The...
There is no person in Polla who does not know the story of Maria Marmora. Anyone has heard about Maria Marmora by the grandparents; a story passed down from one generation to another, until becoming legend in the local folklore heritage. It is said that Maria Marmora was a woman who lived in the zone of the castle, it...
The village of Villamaina has an ancient tradition of typical products, among which there are different varieties of very scented aromatic herbs such as the Nepeta, a plant also known as ‘calamint’, with whom the tasteful ‘pizzilli’, fritters and main courses of pasta are prepared. This plant is the protagonist of the...
The Certosa di San Lorenzo has been recognized World Heritage Site by Unesco and rises at the feet of the residential area. With the form of a gridiron that remembers the martyrdom of the Saint, the building of the huge structure (13 cloisters, 41 fountains, more than 600 rooms, 1300 meters of colonnades sustained by...
