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| Cilento (Italy) - San Severino - the village time forgot. Posted 11 Dec 2008 by Emma Jamieson  The medieval town of San Severino, perched perilously on the peaks of a barren mountain with sheer drops into the "Devil's Gorge" below is the perfect example of a way of living that in this case remained intact for centuries right up until the last thirty years. Now abandoned and left to ruin, the last inhabitant left here in the mid-60s joining the rest of the San Severini in the new town of Cen...more... |
| Cilento (Italy) - Quiet beauty and ghost towns. (part 2) Posted 11 Dec 2008 by Emma Jamieson Persimmons, olives and chestnuts are the main fruits of the region. Towards Pisciotta along the coast, small bitter black olives - the "pisciottana" variety produce a rich nutty oil, whereas the olives further inland are plumper, sweeter and produce a fruitier, more highly-prized oil. Goats roam the steep hills and can often be seen being taken to pasture along the windy mountain roads. Where GIov...more... |
| Cilento (Italy) - Quiet beauty and ghost towns. Posted 11 Dec 2008 by Emma Jamieson  Dawn breaks across the sky over the sleepy mountain hamlet of San Nazario, nestled in the midst of thick oak forests and grove upon grove of olive trees. We are in the lower half of the Cilento National Park, midway between the coast and the highest peaks of the region. From the balcony of our host's farmhouse I look over a clutter of higgeldy piggeldy rooftops and a red stone church spire. Hens...more... |
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