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Antece's warrior
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Teggiano
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Giungano is located in the National Park of Cilento
which stretches over 180,000 hectares, within the province of
Salerno. This has recently been inserted in the UNESCO list of
humanity's natural beauties. It is a genuine living habitat where
the natural species, geographical environment and man have lived
for centuries in harmonious symbiosis.
Pivotal cradle of naturalistic and anthropological
interchange in the Mediterranean basin, it houses a great variety
of animal and vegetable species, due to the heterogeneity of the
territory.
Coastal, hilly, and mountainous landscapes follow
each other, often showing vestiges of man's ancient presence;
among many of these are the Pertosa grottoes where shepherds used
to shear their flocks, or the sculpture of the warrior of Antece
on the Alburni rock.
The Greek colonizers landed along the coasts of
Cilento around 7th century BC where later on they founded
Poseidonia (the Roman Paestum).
We recommend an escursion up Mount Gelbison (1,700
m.) along the pathway the ancient worshippers walked up to the
Sanctuary of the Madonna del Monte Sacro; or to the old village of
Roscigno, abandoned about two centuries ago but still unimpared.
Another alternative would be the small town of Teggiano which
overlooks the Vallo di Diano, fiefdom of the Sanseverino family,
whose castle can be visited.
Pleasant also is a visit to the Oasi di Persano,
game-preserve of the Bourbons, nowadays under the care of the WWF.
* The Coast *
* Archeology *
* Churches *
* Spelaeology *
* Gastronomy *
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