240px, Vallo di Diano seen from Caggiano. 240px, Panoramic view of Pertosa. View of 240px The Vallo di Diano (also known as ''Valdiano'') is an Italian valley of the south-eastern side of

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, in the province of Salerno.

Geography

Situated between the

Alburni The Alburni are an Italian mountain range of the Province of Salerno, Campania, part of the Apennines. Due to their geomorphology, they are popularly known as the "''Dolomites of Campania''" or of Southern Italy. The highest mountain is the P ...

mountains and the borders of

with

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, it is considered a geographical subregion of

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. Cilento is known as one of the centers of Mediterranean diet. Geography The co ...

and is part of the

Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park (Italian ''Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni'') is an Italian national park in the Province of Salerno, in Campania in southern Italy. It includes much of the Cilento, the Vall ...

, 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 Sala Consilina is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southwestern Italy. With 12,635 inhabitants it is the most populated town of Vallo di Diano. History The ancient village of Consilinum was built during ...

, with c. 12,500 inhabitants. The others are

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 Megal ...

, Auletta,

Buonabitacolo Buonabitacolo is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. See also *Vallo di Diano 240px, Vallo di Diano seen from Caggiano. 240px, Panoramic view of Pertosa. View of 240px The Vall ...

Caggiano Caggiano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Geography Located near the Basilicata region, Caggiano borders the municipalities of Auletta, Pertosa, Polla, Salvitelle, Sant'Angelo L ...

Casalbuono Casalbuono is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Geography The municipality borders with Casaletto Spartano, Lagonegro, Montesano sulla Marcellana and Sanza. See also *Vallo di Dian ...

Monte San Giacomo Monte San Giacomo is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Geography The municipality borders with Piaggine, Sanza, Sassano and Teggiano. See also * Pruno Cilento *Cilento *Vallo di D ...

Montesano sulla Marcellana Montesano sulla Marcellana (colloquially named Montesano) is a town and '' comune'' of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. Etymology It is said that the inhabitants of "''Marcellinum''", the lower area of the curr ...

, Padula,

Pertosa Pertosa is a village and '' comune'' of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. In 2010 its population was 714. History Geography The village is situated in the eastern side of the province of Salerno, close to the ...

, Polla,

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 San Pietro al Tanagro is 90 kilometers far from Salerno. It has a population of 1,640 inhabitants and a surface o ...

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. As of 30 June 2006, it had a population of 2, ...

San Rufo San Rufo is a village and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of southern Italy located in the Vallo di Diano. San Rufo extends over 31 square kilometres, much of which is mountainous or hilly terrain. With defence in mi ...

, Sanza,

Sassano Sassano is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Geography The municipality borders with Buonabitacolo, Monte San Giacomo, Padula, Sala Consilina, Sanza and Teggiano. Its ''frazioni'' a ...

and

Teggiano Teggiano (formerly Diano; Teggianese: ) 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 t ...

Transport

The valley is served by the A2 motorway Salerno-

Reggio Calabria Reggio di Calabria ( scn, label= Southern Calabrian, Riggiu; el, label=Calabrian Greek, Ρήγι, Rìji), usually referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria. It has an estimated popula ...

, with the exits of Petina,Partly in valdianese territory Polla,

and Padula-

. 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.

References

External links

Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park

Mountain Community of Vallo di Diano
{{Authority control Valleys of Campania Cilento Province of Salerno World Heritage Sites in Italy