The province of Salerno is a province in the Campania region of Italy.
The Calore Irpino or Calore Beneventano or Calore river is a river in southwestern Italy. It rises from Colle Finestra, a mountain saddle between Monte Acellica and the Terminio sub-group in the Monti Picentini, sub-range of the Apennine Mountains. The river flows first in the province of Avellino, and then in that of Benevento, before flowing into the Volturno. In ancient times it was known as Calor.
The Sele is a river in southwestern Italy. Originating from the Monti Picentini in Caposele, it flows through the region of Campania, in the provinces of Salerno and Avellino. Its mouth is in the Gulf of Salerno, on the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the borders between the municipalities of Eboli and Capaccio, in the beginning point of Cilentan Coast.
Calabritto is an Italian town and a commune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. It occupies a hilly-mountainous area at the eastern tip of the Monti Picentini range, in the upper Sele valley.
Lioni is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.
Montella is an Italian town and comune (municipality) in the province of Avellino, Campania, with a population of 7,699. The zone was inhabited already in the neolithic period. The town was founded by the Samnites in the 1st millennium BC, to become a municipality of the Roman Empire and a town under the Lombards.
Volturara Irpina is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. It is located in the Monti Picentini area, at the foot of the Terminio.
Castigloine del Genovesi is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Giffoni Sei Casali is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Giffoni Valle Piana, commonly known as Giffoni, is a town and comune in the Province of Salerno, Campania, southwestern Italy.
Montecorvino Rovella is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy.
Pontecagnano Faiano is a town and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. The area dates back to Roman times when the city of Picentia stood in the place and was destroyed by the Romans after the Second Punic War.
San Mango Piemonte is a village and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.
The Monti Picentini is a mountain range and national park in southern Italy, part of the Apennines, traditionally part in the Campanian Apennines. They are included between the Monti Lattari, the Partenio mount, the Irpinian plateau and the Sele river valley. The chain is included in the Monti Picentini Regional Park.
The Monti Lattari are a mountain range in Campania, southern Italy, which constitutes the backbone of the Sorrentine peninsula and of the Amalfi Coast.
Monte Accellica is a mountain in the Monti Picentini range, located in Campania, Italy. The mountain is 1660 metres tall and is situated on the border between the provinces of Salerno and Avellino, divided between the comuni of Acerno, Giffoni Valle Piana, and Montella. Several rivers typical of the region have their sources on the slopes of Monte Accellica, including the Picentino, the Tusciano, and the Calore Irpino, which is itself the largest tributary of the Volturno. In the local dialects, the mountain is called Céleca or Acéleca.
Monte San Salvatore is a mountain in Campania, Italy, part of the Monti Picentini range.
Macchia is an Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of the municipality of Montecorvino Rovella in the Province of Salerno, Campania. With a population of 1,933 (2011), is the largest frazione of Montecorvino.
The Monti Picentini Regional Park is a natural preserve in Campania, southern Italy.
The Bagnolese is a breed of sheep from the area surrounding Bagnoli Irpino in the province of Avellino, in Campania in southern Italy. It takes its name from that of the town. It is raised principally in Irpinia, in the Monti Picentini, in the Monti Alburni, in the Piana del Sele and in the Vallo di Diano. It probably derives from the Barbaresca breed, and may also have been influenced by the Comisana. It is one of the forty-two autochthonous local sheep breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep-breeders.
