The Mount Taburno (1391 m.) with the Mount Camposauro (1388 m.) and other lower peaks form a calcareous massif, which appears isolated in the Apennines of Campania.
Formed during the Mesozoic, it is formed of two blocks separated by Piana di Prata, a depression of tectonic origins. It rises in the west in Benevento and it is entirely located in the Sannio of Benevento. Its southern and western sides, with steep cliffs and crossed by deep canals, overlook on the Caudine valley, whereas the eastern side is characterised by little hills which slope down towards the hollow of Benevento crossed by the Calore. Observing from the East, the sequence of its peaks looks like a woman sleeping, knows as “Samnium’s sleeper” (Dormiente del Sannio), with the head – the mount Pentime – towards the Telesina valley and the feet towards Caudine valley. If the Valley Telesina separates the Taburno from the mounts of Matese, the Caudine valley separates it from the Partenio massif. Spring flow at the foot of the Taburno. They fed the park’s waterfalls of the Royal Palace of Caserta. In order to protect the mount from the deforestation which was threatening the water resources since the times of Charles III, the “Royal Reserve of Taburno”. Currently, the Taburno Camposauro is a natural regional park which protects the beeches forest with fir woods implanted by the Bourbons over 1000 meters and, at a gradually lower altitude, woods, pastures and on the little hills, vineyards, olive tree groves and cultivated areas. Without forgetting birds, mammals and reptiles.
