With its 37 kilometres, it is among Cilento main watercourses, of which it is particularly rich. It rises from the slopes of mount Cervati, 900 metres of altitude from the spring of Varco La Pela in the municipality of Sanza.
It springs from the confluence of the streams Platano and Melandro. Then it flows in a context of great environmental value between spectacular canyons.
For the ancients it was the Stygian lake, which Virgil mentions in the Aeneid, telling about Palinuro’s death.
At sunset, the sleeping Lioness turns pink. Among the various denominations refering to Mount Bulgheria,
With its imposing 1899 meters high, the Cervati is the second of the highest mountains in Campania and the highest in Cilento.
Gebe el son, Monte dell’idolo. An official name of Arabic origins, which fits perfectly with the mountain of the Lucan Subappennines considered sacred at all times.
It is an integral part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park to which they were added later, the Alburni are a mountainous massif between the Sele valley and the Tanagro valley.
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