The worship of Saint Vincent Ferrer in Gesualdo goes back, between history and legend, to an unusual event happened in Gesualdo. It is told that the Sicilian religious community ordered to a Spanish artist the realization of the statue of Saint Vincent Ferrer. During the transport of the statue towards its...
On the south-west slope of Vallo di Diano, in Cilento, with its magnificent medieval village, the Municipality of Sanza, set among the mountains of the chain of Cervati, opens the valley to the Gulf of Policastro. Sanza, before the Lucanian and the Roman presence, has always had a strategic and commercial importance...
The red potato of Padula definitely distinguishes itself from the other varieties of potatoes cultivated on the Italian territory, first of all for the aspect of the tubers that have a red colored peel. Inside it has a milky white color and frequently presents red veins in correspondence to the change cells and near...
The Early Christian Baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte The Early Christian Baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte, in Padula, is the only one over the world that uses the baptismal water drawing it directly from the spring on which it rises. Its building dates back to the first centuries of the Christianity. The oldest...
The Church of the Holy Piety in Teggiano is an ex-monastery. It rose in the first years of ‘300 for the Benedictine nuns. Then, in 1474, it was transformed in monastery for the Friars Minor of Saint Francis. The fifteenth-century door of the Church is a masterpiece of Renaissance wood art that, for its value, has been...
The diocesan museum is a kind of tale of the civil and religious history of Teggiano (ancient Diano) and of its diocese, represented in one of the oldest churches of the episcopal town, risen up on the ruins of a roman temple, of which only the external podium remains. The museum collection integrates the history and...
The magic of the past with its thousand facets comes back to show itself in a place where the time has preserved untouched its fascination. A medieval village, rich in traditions, art and architecture as Teggiano, of great historic and urban interest, deserves a careful visit. During the centuries, the center has...
As the remains of the megalithic walls of the IV century BC testify, Atena Lucana is one of the oldest settlements of Vallo di Diano. The presence of the caves proves an even prehistoric period. It was founded by the Pelasgians with the name of Larissa, which means fortress. Of this constitution, it is still visible...
The cuisine of Vallo di Diano is simple, has ancient agricultural origins and its tastes, strong and firm, hide ancient legends and traditions. In the families of shepherds and farmers, they usually prepared the hot dish for the dinner when they went back from the country. Specific dishes were destined to the...
The tenth edition of Luci d’Artista (Artist’s Lights) has been inaugurated, the event that every year attracts in the city of Campania, from every part of Italy and from abroad, hundreds of thousands of tourists. Luci d’Artista is a show of lights, installed from November until January in Salerno in the streets, in the...
