An exciting journey at the center of the Earth like a real speleologist to discover the wonders of nature and live again the millennial history of Vallo di Diano. In the Speleo-Archaeological Museum of Pertosa and in the Multimedia Civic Museum of Padula, the new technologies allow deepening the history of Vallo di...
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...
About the origin of Pertosa, there is not sure information. Its name comes from the term of archaic dialect Petrusu, which refers to the opening of the Angel’s Caves. From an historical point of view, the roots of the village Petrusu would stay in the ancient settlement of ‘Consinum’, an inhabited center testified by...
The white artichoke of Pertosa is a species without thorns, with big inflorescences and with a very pale color tending to silver. It grows up in a limited area of Salerno, in particular, although it is usually associated to Pertosa, it can be found in the zones of Auletta, Caggiano and Salvitelle too. In the ‘80s,...
