In the serene midsummer night, the whole town keeps watch, united in waiting for the The Sanctuary of the Madonna del Cervato or della Nevebells of the mother church to start ringing. Since time immemorial, every 26 July has been the beginning of one of the most significant community moments for the children of Sanza and for many other Cilento faithful.

As far as the eye can see, framing the nearest mountains, children of the Picentini range, and then, in every other directions, the Lattari, the Alburni, the unmistakable Vesuvius and, further away, the chains of Partenio and Matese, up to the Gulf of Naples and even the outline of the island of Ischia when the sky is clear.

The sanctuary cave of St. Michael Archangel

On the Alburni, in the area of Sant’Angelo a Fasanella which already welcomed pilgrims heading to the Costa Palomba for the Antece in ancient times, there is a cave that was already frequented in prehistoric times.

It has been a pilgrimage destination between the last Sunday of May and the first of October for seven centuries. On the "mount of the idol", according to the Arabic etymology of the name Gelbison, at 1705 meters in altitude, stands the Sanctuary of the Sacred Mount of Novi Velia, an ancient place of Marian worship also known as Monte Sacro or Madonna del Monte.