The Vallo di Diano is an italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 valley

Valley

In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys...

 of the south-eastern side of Campania

Campania

Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...

, in the Province of Salerno

Province of Salerno

The Province of Salerno is a province in the Campania region of Italy.-Geography:The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 139,579; Cava de' Tirreni with a population of 53,488; Battipaglia with a population of 51,115; and Nocera Inferiore which has a...

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Geography

Situated between the Alburni mountains and the borders of Campania

Campania

Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...

 with Basilicata

Basilicata

Basilicata , also known as Lucania, is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south, having one short southwestern coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea between Campania in the northwest and Calabria in the southwest, and a...

, it is considered a geographical subregion of Cilento

Cilento

Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important tourist area of southern Italy.-Geography:...

 and is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park

Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park

The Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park is an Italian national park founded in 1991...

, World Heritage Site of Italy from 1998. The greatest forestal park, mainly located in cilentan side, is Pruno

Pruno (Cilento)

Pruno is a forest area of southern Italy and it is the biggest one in the middle of Cilento. The hamlets with this name are situated in the municipalities of Valle dell'Angelo, Laurino and Piaggine....

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The area is composed by 17 municipalities, and the greatest one is Sala Consilina

Sala Consilina

Sala Consilina is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. With 12,738 inhabitants it is the most populated town of Vallo di Diano.-History:...

, with c/a 15,000 inhabitants. The others are Atena Lucana

Atena Lucana

Atena Lucana is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.-History:Atena Lucana is one of the most ancient settlements in the Vallo di Diano, as testified by the presence of prehistoric Megalithic walls. Later it was a Greek trading center, a...

, Auletta

Auletta

Auletta is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.-Geography:The bordering municipalities are Buccino, Caggiano, Corleto Monforte, Pertosa, Petina, Polla, Salvitelle and Sicignano degli Alburni....

, Buonabitacolo

Buonabitacolo

Buonabitacolo is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

, Caggiano

Caggiano

Caggiano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

, Casalbuono

Casalbuono

Casalbuono is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

, Monte San Giacomo

Monte San Giacomo

Monte San Giacomo is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

, Montesano sulla Marcellana

Montesano sulla Marcellana

Montesano sulla Marcellana is a town and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. As of 2010 its population was of 6,663..-Geography:...

, Padula

Padula

Padula is a comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is the home of the Carthusian monastery Certosa di San Lorenzo, sometimes referred to as the Certosa di Padula.-Geography:...

, Pertosa

Pertosa

Pertosa is a village and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy.-Geography:The village is situated in the eastern side of the province of Salerno, close to the municipalities of Auletta, Polla and Caggiano and to Alburni mountains.-Demography:At the last census...

, Polla

Polla

Polla is a town and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. As of 2010 its population was of 5,305.-Geography:...

, San Pietro al Tanagro

San Pietro al Tanagro

San Pietro al Tanagro is a village and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy.-Geography:The village is bordered by Atena Lucana, Corleto Monforte, San Rufo, Sant'Arsenio and Teggiano....

, Sant'Arsenio

Sant'Arsenio

Sant'Arsenio is a town and comune in the Province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy, located about 180 km southeast of Naples and about 76 km southeast of Salerno...

, San Rufo

San Rufo

San Rufo is a village and comune in the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of southern Italy.-Main sights:There are remains of the ancient castle, while the town centre contains some buildings from the 17th and 18th century....

, Sanza

Sanza

Sanza is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.-History:It is a small town placed on a hill surrounded by lots of mountains....

, Sassano

Sassano

Sassano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

 and Teggiano

Teggiano

Teggiano is a town and comune in Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno. It is situated on an isolated eminence above the upper part of the valley to which it gives the name of Vallo di Diano.Among the historic centers of the Province of Salerno, Teggiano is certainly one that has best...

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Transport

The valley is served by the A3 motorway Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

-Reggio Calabria

Reggio Calabria

Reggio di Calabria , commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian...

, with the exits of Petina , Polla

Polla

Polla is a town and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. As of 2010 its population was of 5,305.-Geography:...

, Atena Lucana

Atena Lucana

Atena Lucana is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.-History:Atena Lucana is one of the most ancient settlements in the Vallo di Diano, as testified by the presence of prehistoric Megalithic walls. Later it was a Greek trading center, a...

, Sala Consilina

Sala Consilina

Sala Consilina is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. With 12,738 inhabitants it is the most populated town of Vallo di Diano.-History:...

 and Padula

Padula

Padula is a comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is the home of the Carthusian monastery Certosa di San Lorenzo, sometimes referred to as the Certosa di Padula.-Geography:...

-Buonabitacolo

Buonabitacolo

Buonabitacolo is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

. From this last exit it departs a speedway to Policastro Bussentino

Policastro Bussentino

Policastro Bussentino is an Italian hamlet , the greatest one in the municipality of Santa Marina in the province of Salerno, Campania region.-History:...

 and Sapri

Sapri

Sapri is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is one of the southernmost towns of the region of Cilento and its population is 7,105.- History :...

 with exits in Buonabitacolo and Sanza

Sanza

Sanza is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.-History:It is a small town placed on a hill surrounded by lots of mountains....

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It was also served by the railway line Sicignano-Lagonegro, closed since 1987 for works and connected to Salerno–Potenza–Taranto railway line.

See also

• Cilento
  Cilento
  Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important tourist area of southern Italy.-Geography:...
  
  
• Padula Charterhouse
  Certosa di Padula
  Padula Charterhouse, in Italian Certosa di Padula , is a large Carthusian monastery, or charterhouse, located in the town of Padula, in the Cilento National Park in Southern Italy. It is a World Heritage site.The monastery is the second largest charterhouse in Italy after the one in Parma...
  
  
• Pertosa Caves
  Pertosa Caves
  The Pertosa Caves are a karst show cave system located in the municipality of Pertosa, in the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy.-Overview:...
  
  

• Cilentan Coast
  Cilentan Coast
  The Cilento Coast is an Italian stretch of coastline of Cilento, on the southern side of the Province of Salerno...
  
  
• Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park
  Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park
  The Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park is an Italian national park founded in 1991...
  
  
• Cilentan language
  Cilentan language
  The Cilentan language is a dialect spoken in the area of Cilento, located in the southern part of the Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy.-Influences:...
  
  

External links

Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park Mountain Community of Vallo di Diano