DISCOVER THE CAMPANIA REGION
A spectacular limestone outcrop, covered in lush vegetation, rising from the Sele Valley a short distance from the Sanctuary of San Gerardo Maiella in Materdomini.
Due soli ingredienti: farina di semola e acqua. I più semplici e basilari. Che una grande abilità manuale è in grado di trasformare in un tipo di pasta fresca assolutamente peculiare, la Matassa di Caposele, riconosciuta tra i Prodotti Agroalimentari Tradizionali (PAT) della Campania.
It is a geological site of global importance. It is identified with ten mofetes, scattered across the Oliveto Citra countryside, among cultivated fields, olive groves, and lush orchards.All different from each other and therefore representative of all types of moths known on the planet.
It's the place with the largest concentration of waterfalls in all of Campania. Indeed, in all of Southern Italy. There are fourteen of the most well-known and popular ones, but those with deep knowledge of the area claim there are dozens more. And all of this is just a short distance from the centre of Calabritto, more precisely on the slopes of Mount Cervialto in the Monti Picentini Regional Park.
Affluente di destra del Sele, il suo percorso di 17 chilometri è concentrato tutto nella provincia di Salerno ed è legato alla cittadina di Campagna, che caratterizza con la sua suggestiva presenza in ogni parte del centro storico.
A green hill covered with elder trees, rising above the Sele Valley, where shepherds have grazed their sheep since time immemorial.
It is one of the four most important cycle routes in Italy and the only one in the South.
Over four liters of milk are needed to obtain one kilo of buffalo mozzarella. The presence of precious hoaxes in Campania has been around for at least a thousand years.
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.
An extraordinary, precious, water reserve. Made possible by the calcareous nature of the rock the helped the absorption and accumulation of rainwater, feeding rivers and streams announcing an exuberant and luxuriant vegetation.
The number and importance of constraints are indicative of the value of the environment to be protected. It is a Site of Community Interest, a Special Protection Area, a wetland of international interest according to the Ramsar Convention and is part of the largest natural reserve at the mouth of the Sele-Tanagro.
A pleasant climate in summer and very mild even in the middle of winter. A landscape of great beauty, characterized by the presence of two important rivers, Sele and Tanagro, which have their confluence point in the immediate vicinity. An ancient village with a timeless charm, standing on a hill 250 meters high.
The ancients affirmed that contact with the water of the Sale transformed everything into stone. The first verification of the particular properties which in that area characterised not the water of the river, but the thermo-mineral springs present in the area which took the name of Baths of Contursi (Bagni di Contursi), south and downstream of the hill of the city, in full river reserve with its luxuriant vegetation of white poplars, willows and holm oaks.
According to Strabone, it was Jason, after having conquered the golden fleece, to stop with the Argonauts at the mouth of Sele and to dedicate a sanctuary to the goddess Hera.
The Monti Picentini are a mountain range of the Campanian Apennines where you can identify about fifteen peaks, from the highest Monte Cervialto (1809 m) to the lowest Altillo (1430 m)
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