Along the road that flanks the area occupied by the Forum, the heart of the Roman city, an artisan's workshop stands out among all the others. It is linked to a production that is as particular as it is identifying ancient Paestum: perfume.

A minute and a half. As soon as. But so intense, with its irrepressible charge of adrenaline and the strong emotions it offers, that it seems limitless.

Arrivano dalla notte dei tempi, da quando gli agricoltori cominciarono a rendere grazie alle divinità della terra per l’esito dei raccolti.

It was clearly visible from every sanctuaries of the coast: from Heraion to the mouth of Sele in Poseidonia, to the ancient Pontecagnano. That place on the top of Costa Palomba, in the heart of the Alburni, today in the municipality of Sant’Angelo in Fasanella, was an essential stop for anyone moving to the Lucani lands.

That vivid color, unmistakable and unique with its intensity it’s impossible not to notice.

Setting off an outbreak of revolt against the Bourbons with the support of the population and to promote the unification of Italy. The plan elaborated by Carlo Pisacane provided that all this should take place in Cilento, after having freed the political prisoners imprisoned in Ponza.

The context is that of a reserve of great environmental value in the upper Sele valley, around two mountains, the Eremita, 1579 meters high, and the Marzano, which reaches 1527 metres.

That sunny morning of 10 August 1535 there was great excitement throughout the Charterhouse. The monks, the landowners and the many workers employed by them were mobilized to face an extraordinary event.

It was along the climb to the shrine on the top the mountain that young women, at the right age to become mothers, strayed from the path usually followed by pilgrims.