Vallo di Diano

Vallo di Diano
"Valdiano" redirects here. For For the Italian football club based in San Rufo, see Valdiano Calcio.
Cilento and Vallo di Diano
National Park *
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Panoramic view of Teggiano
Country Italy
Type Natural
Criteria C (iii) (iv)
Reference n. 842
Region ** Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription 1998 (22nd Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List
** Region as classified by UNESCO

The Vallo di Diano (also known as Valdiano) is an italian valley of the south-eastern side of Campania, in the Province of Salerno.

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Geography

Situated between the Alburni mountains and the borders of Campania with Basilicata, it is considered a geographical subregion of Cilento and is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, World Heritage Site of Italy from 1998. The greatest forestal park, mainly located in cilentan side, is Pruno.

The area is composed by 17 municipalities, and the greatest one is Sala Consilina, with c/a 15,000 inhabitants. The others are Atena Lucana, Auletta, Buonabitacolo, Caggiano, Casalbuono, Monte San Giacomo, Montesano sulla Marcellana, Padula, Pertosa, Polla, San Pietro al Tanagro, Sant'Arsenio, San Rufo, Sanza, Sassano and Teggiano.

Transport

The valley is served by the A3 motorway Naples-Reggio Calabria, with the exits of Petina [1], Polla, Atena Lucana, Sala Consilina and Padula-Buonabitacolo. From this last exit it departs a speedway to Policastro Bussentino and Sapri with exits in Buonabitacolo and Sanza.

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

Photogallery

  • Vallo di Diano seen from Caggiano

  • Panoramic view of Pertosa

  • View of Sala Consilina's Old Town. In background, the southern part of the valley

  • Panoramic View of Teggiano

  • Panoramic View

  • At night

Notes and references

  1. ^ Partly in valdianese territory

See also

External links

Media related to Vallo di Diano at Wikimedia Commons

v · d · eCampania Campania
Provinces
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Avellino • Benevento • Caserta • Naples • Salerno
Amalfi Coast • Cilento • Irpinia • Islands • Samnium • Sorrentine Peninsula • Terra di Lavoro • Vallo di Diano • Cities, towns and villages
History
Politics and
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Elections in Campania • List of Presidents of Campania
v · d · eWorld Heritage Sites in Italy
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The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci in the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan.

Royal Palace of Caserta

Palazzo Madama, Turin
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Spanish Steps, Rome

Castel del Monte
North East
Centre
South

Alberobello · Amalfi Coast · Castel del Monte · Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, Paestum and Velia, Certosa di Padula · Naples · Palace of Caserta, Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and San Leucio Complex · Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata · Sassi of Matera
Islands
Nationwide

Longobards in Italy. Places of the power (568-774 A.D.)  · Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps3
1 Shared with Switzerland · 2 Shared with the Holy See · 3 Shared with Austria, France, Germany, Slovenia, and Switzerland

Coordinates: 40°24′N 15°34′E / 40.4°N 15.567°E / 40.4; 15.567


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