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
The province of Salerno () is a province in the Campania region of Italy. It has 1,054,766 inhabitants as of 2025.
Geography
The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 131,950; Cava de' Tirreni, Bat ...
, in
Campania
Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...
in southern Italy. It includes much of the
Cilento
Cilento () is an Italian mountain range (part of the Lucan Apennines), which gives its name to a geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the province of Salerno. Is an important tourist area of southern Italy.
...
, the
Vallo di Diano and the
Monti Alburni. It was founded in 1991 and was formerly known as the Parco Nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano.
History
The park was officially instituted on December 6, 1991, to protect the territory of Cilento from
building speculation and
mass tourism. Originally named Parco Nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano, in 1998 it became a
World Heritage Site
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of
UNESCO
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, also with the ancient Greek towns of
Paestum
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,
Velia and the
Padula Charterhouse.
The other
natural reserves instituted in the area of the park are the "Natural reserve of Foce
Sele
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Places Africa
*Sele, Burkina Faso, a village in the Ouéleni Department of Burkina Fase.
* Sele, Ethiopia, a town in Agbe municipality
Asia
*Sele, Turkey, a Turkish village in Kailar in Ottoman times
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*Seleu ...
-
Tanagro" (created in 1993,
Reserve's page on parks.it
/ref> with the Oasis of Persano) and the "Maritime reserve of Punta Licosa", in the municipality of Castellabate.
Geography
The national park
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's territory, one of the largest in Italy
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, does not include all the municipalities of the areas of Cilento and Vallo di Diano. It includes almost all the Cilentan Coast and its central forest area is Pruno. The administrative offices are located in Vallo della Lucania, at Piazza Santa Caterina nr. 8.
The municipalities part of the park are:
* Agropoli
* Aquara
* Ascea
* Auletta
* Bellosguardo
* Buonabitacolo
* Camerota
* Campora
* Cannalonga
Cannalonga is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Salerno, Campania, southern Italy.
History
The town was founded between the 9th/10th century AD.
It became well known in the region around 1450, when the tradition of the festival called ' ...
* Capaccio-Paestum
* Casalbuono
* Casal Velino
* Casaletto Spartano
Casaletto Spartano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
History
The town has medieval origins and originated around the settlement of ''Spartoso'', from which it derives the toponym, c ...
* Caselle in Pittari
* Castel San Lorenzo
* Castelcivita
* Castellabate
* Castelnuovo Cilento
* Celle di Bulgheria
Celle di Bulgheria, also shortened as ''Celle'', is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
History
The town was named after the Bulgars settled here with their leader Altsek (whose father wa ...
* Centola
* Ceraso
* Cicerale
* Controne
* Corleto Monforte
* Cuccaro Vetere
* Felitto
Felitto is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. It is famous for ''fusilli'', a kind of handmade pasta, and the annual ''Fusillo'' festival.
History
The town was founded at the beginning of ...
* Futani
* Gioi
Gioi is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. As of 2011, its population was 1,339.
History
The comune of Gioi has a history that dates back well over 1000 years. The first permanent inha ...
* Giungano
* Laureana Cilento
* Laurino
* Laurito
* Lustra
* Magliano Vetere
* Moio della Civitella
* Montano Antilia
* Montecorice
* Monteforte Cilento
* Monte San Giacomo
* Montesano sulla Marcellana
* Morigerati
* Novi Velia
* Ogliastro Cilento
* Omignano
* Orria
* Ottati
* Perdifumo
Perdifumo (Neapolitan language, Campanian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
References
Cities and towns in Campania
Localities of Cilento
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* Perito
* Petina
* Piaggine
* Pisciotta
Pisciotta is an Italian town and communes of Italy, commune in the province of Salerno, region of Campania.
History
According to legend, Troy, Trojans escaping from the fire and the destruction of their city, Troy, founded Siris, Magna Graecia, ...
* Polla
* Pollica
Pollica (Neapolitan language, Campanian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Located 94 km from Salerno, the town rises to an elevation 370 meters from sea level.
History
The ...
* Postiglione
* Prignano Cilento
* Roccadaspide
* Roccagloriosa
* Rofrano
* Roscigno
* Sacco
* Salento
Salento (; Salentino dialect, Salentino: ''Salentu''; Griko language, Salento Griko: ) is a Cultural area, cultural, List of historical states of Italy, historical, and geographic region at the southern end of the administrative region of Apuli ...
* San Giovanni a Piro
* San Mauro Cilento
* San Mauro la Bruca
* San Pietro al Tanagro
* San Rufo
* Santa Marina
* Sant'Angelo a Fasanella
* Sant'Arsenio
* Sanza
* Sassano
* Serramezzana
* Sessa Cilento
Sessa Cilento (from Greek language, Greek ''Σύεσσα'' - ''Syessa'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Geography
Sessa Cilento is located in Cilento and in its Parco Nazionale de ...
* Sicignano degli Alburni
* Stella Cilento
* Stio
* Teggiano
Teggiano (), formerly Diano, is a town and (municipality) in the province of Salerno, Campania, Italy. 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 ...
* Torre Orsaia
* Torchiara
* Tortorella
Tortorella is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Salerno, Campania, in south-western Italy.
Geography
Located in southern Cilento, 11 km from the Cilentan Coast, Tortorella is a hill town located in the middle of a large forest area p ...
* Trentinara
* Valle dell'Angelo
* Vallo della Lucania
Gallery
File:MARINA DI CAMEROTA-6.JPG, Lentiscella beach in Marina di Camerota
File:Roscigno Vecchia-4.JPG, Roscigno
File:Olea europaea (Cilento).JPG, An ancient olive tree
See also
* Cilentan Coast
* Castelcivita Caves
* Pertosa Caves
* Foce del Sele
* List of National Parks of Italy
References
External links
Official website
Official pages by the Park Authority on Parks.it
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cilento
National Park
A national park is a nature park designated for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance. It is an area of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that is protecte ...
National parks of Italy
Parks in Campania
World Heritage Sites in Italy
1991 establishments in Italy
Protected areas of the Apennines