Giffoni Valle Piana City of Cinema

Giffoni is not just art, nature and gastronomic specialities. It is also about youth, as proved by the Giffoni Film Festival, a cinema event created for adolescents. Generated by the idea of an eighteen-year-old in 1971, it has become an internationally renowned event which has attracted numerous famous people, like François Truffaut.

Giffoni Valle Piana (Salerno) – Art and Architecture

Giffoni is a ‘Land of Temples’, as it is so rich of churches and places of cult. The Convent of Padri Cappuccini, the Temple of Santa Maria a Vico and the Convent of San Francesco are just a few examples of the numerous art buildings scattered all over the town. And the frescos tell us about an all-Christian art that has been preserved, vivid and unspoiled.

Giffoni Valle Piana Art and Architecture

Giffoni is a ‘Land of Temples’, as it is so rich of churches and places of cult. The Convent of Padri Cappuccini, the Temple of Santa Maria a Vico and the Convent of San Francesco are just a few examples of the numerous art buildings scattered all over the town. And the frescos tell us about an all-Christian art that has been preserved, vivid and unspoiled.

The bright greens of the fields recall the colours of the grass in Cornwall. The ferns growing near clear water streams and the horses eagerly eating sweet hay remind us that Giffoni Valle Piana is essentially nature, pure untouched nature. And its integrity has been cautiously preserved.

Giffoni Valle Piana Gastronomic specialities

Fresh home-made pasta, as suggested by a genuinely Italian tradition. The finest extra virgin olive oil, an incredible range of salami and local cheese. And, for dessert, typical hazelnut pastries, to satisfy even the greediest of appetites. It is no wonder Slow Flood has nominated Giffoni Valle Piana undisputed member of a very limited elite.

Giffoni Valle Piana Agriculture

Olives, ripe peaches and pulpy figs – the fertile grounds of Giffoni Valle Piana have so much to offer. That is confirmed by its warm sun rays and the sturdy trees that provide nourishment for their colourful fruit.

Giffoni Valle Piana City

Giffoni Valle Piana, a town of 11.000 inhabitants, has virtually all the right moves to be a real city – gastronomical specialities that have been applauded by the Slow Food Association, rich and varied architecture, pure untouched nature, and an internationally renowned film event for adolescents, the Giffoni Film Festival.

A land full of contradictions, Campania has nowadays 5,790,000 inhabitants. It’s the first region in Italy as for demographic density. The environment of Campania (“campus” in Latin means countryside) with its hills, mountains, flatlands, includes among other things seismic areas and volcanic massifs: Vesuvio, Campi, Flegrei. The archipelago of Campania counts three marvellous islands: Ischia, Procida and Capri.

In an ancient age the region saw the presence of the “Osci”, than of the Greek colonists (Cuma and Partenope) and later of the “Sanniti”. Past the Roman age and right in the Middle Age it was the turn of Longobards and Normans. Through centuries other occupations followed: that of Spain and of Napoleon (viceroy: Gioacchino Murat). During eight hundred, under the Bourbons, the region voiced strong liberal clamours, thanks to an enlightened and well educated middle-class.

Stendhal described Neapolis as “the only feasible European capital city”. As a matter of fact, we shall not forget what this land gave to Italian and world culture, with philosophers like Giambattista Vico and Giordano Bruno. And how not to mention the medieval school of medicine of Salerno, and, recently, many actors and characters (De Filippo, Totò); and the extraordinary contribution to the easy listening of nine hundred (Carosone, Peppino di Capri), with unrepeatable expressions of vitality, melancholy and popular irony.

After Puglia, Campania is yet the most industrialized region of southern Italy – despite its problems with employment and peace. And Neapolis, as for volume of passengers, is the second port in the world, after Hong Kong. Centered in its bay, the city holds an extremely valuable historical center.

The economy mirrors the contraddictions of the entire area, alternating periods of growth (tertiary, trades, and food industry for conserves) and critical phases (Italsider by Bagnoli). Important touristic flows towards the coasts of Amalfi and Sorrento. As the latter, other provinces are Benevento (Longobard “city of withces”), Caserta (a magnificent seven hundred residence) and Avellino, midpoint of Irpinia.

The Nocera Inferiore – Gragnano District, with a total of 377,895 inhabitants, covers an area of 293 sq. km. and comprises 20 Municipalities in the Provinces of Salerno and Naples. The specific production of Agro Nocerino Sarnese regards the agro- industrial sector, particularly vegetable preserving, with an large concentration of industries involved in the processing of tomatoes, and the type of pasta produced in Gragnano, the ‘macaroni town’ famous all over the world. There is also a major wine production. The abundance of water and the special quality of the soil make the area particularly suitable for agricultural production resulting, throughout the decades, to the development of rural activities and the growing of tomatoes, tobacco and textile fibres and the formation of a strong nucleus of manufacturing industries connected to the agricultural production. Thus a real agro-industrial sector production cycle has been established. The territory is characterised by the so-called ‘red gold’, considering the importance of the sector that has developed around the processing of tomatoes, which have recently obtained recognition as a DOP product, especially the finest of them all, the San Marzano tomato. The companies present in the Agro Nocerino Sarnese area are mainly small family-run businesses, involved either in direct production, or in the construction of machinery, canning materials and various types of packing for the transport of raw materials and finished goods, which are then all entrusted to specialised companies. Alongside these there is a smaller number of medium-sized and large industries producing a predominant share of the turnover and largely characterising the market. The presence of an ancient textile centre, originally founded on the banks of the River Sarno, in an area rich in water, is also particularly significant. The textile sector is now beginning to recover after years of slump and has reached a high degree of specialisation, above all in swimsuits and other beachwear fashions.

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A land full of contradictions, Campania has nowadays 5,790,000 inhabitants. It’s the first region in Italy as for demographic density. The environment of Campania (“campus” in Latin means countryside) with its hills, mountains, flatlands, includes among other things seismic areas and volcanic massifs: Vesuvio, Campi, Flegrei. The archipelago of Campania counts three marvellous islands: Ischia, Procida and Capri.

In an ancient age the region saw the presence of the “Osci”, than of the Greek colonists (Cuma and Partenope) and later of the “Sanniti”. Past the Roman age and right in the Middle Age it was the turn of Longobards and Normans. Through centuries other occupations followed: that of Spain and of Napoleon (viceroy: Gioacchino Murat). During eight hundred, under the Bourbons, the region voiced strong liberal clamours, thanks to an enlightened and well educated middle-class.

Stendhal described Neapolis as “the only feasible European capital city”. As a matter of fact, we shall not forget what this land gave to Italian and world culture, with philosophers like Giambattista Vico and Giordano Bruno. And how not to mention the medieval school of medicine of Salerno, and, recently, many actors and characters (De Filippo, Totò); and the extraordinary contribution to the easy listening of nine hundred (Carosone, Peppino di Capri), with unrepeatable expressions of vitality, melancholy and popular irony.

After Puglia, Campania is yet the most industrialized region of southern Italy – despite its problems with employment and peace. And Neapolis, as for volume of passengers, is the second port in the world, after Hong Kong. Centered in its bay, the city holds an extremely valuable historical center.

The economy mirrors the contraddictions of the entire area, alternating periods of growth (tertiary, trades, and food industry for conserves) and critical phases (Italsider by Bagnoli). Important touristic flows towards the coasts of Amalfi and Sorrento. As the latter, other provinces are Benevento (Longobard “city of withces”), Caserta (a magnificent seven hundred residence) and Avellino, midpoint of Irpinia.

Cilento, the Amalfi coast

Straordinario scenario di spiagge incontaminate, centri archeologici e preziose testimonianze d’arte sacra. C’è Salerno, al centro del suo golfo, con la sua tradizione medievale di medicina, il Duomo e le rarissime tavolette d’avorio del Museo Diocesano, cesellate di scene sacre. Velia, fondata nel 540 a.c., città greca delle più importanti. Paestum, sito archeologico ricco di testimonianze dell’età classica, latina e greca. Smaglianti località come Agropoli, Castellabate e il promontorio di Palinuro. Un mare unico, tra ulivi, vigneti e la più aromatica macchia mediterranea.

A land full of contradictions, Campania has nowadays 5,790,000 inhabitants. It’s the first region in Italy as for demographic density. The environment of Campania (“campus” in Latin means countryside) with its hills, mountains, flatlands, includes among other things seismic areas and volcanic massifs: Vesuvio, Campi, Flegrei. The archipelago of Campania counts three marvellous islands: Ischia, Procida and Capri.

In an ancient age the region saw the presence of the “Osci”, than of the Greek colonists (Cuma and Partenope) and later of the “Sanniti”. Past the Roman age and right in the Middle Age it was the turn of Longobards and Normans. Through centuries other occupations followed: that of Spain and of Napoleon (viceroy: Gioacchino Murat). During eight hundred, under the Bourbons, the region voiced strong liberal clamours, thanks to an enlightened and well educated middle-class.

Stendhal described Neapolis as “the only feasible European capital city”. As a matter of fact, we shall not forget what this land gave to Italian and world culture, with philosophers like Giambattista Vico and Giordano Bruno. And how not to mention the medieval school of medicine of Salerno, and, recently, many actors and characters (De Filippo, Totò); and the extraordinary contribution to the easy listening of nine hundred (Carosone, Peppino di Capri), with unrepeatable expressions of vitality, melancholy and popular irony.

After Puglia, Campania is yet the most industrialized region of southern Italy – despite its problems with employment and peace. And Neapolis, as for volume of passengers, is the second port in the world, after Hong Kong. Centered in its bay, the city holds an extremely valuable historical center.

The economy mirrors the contraddictions of the entire area, alternating periods of growth (tertiary, trades, and food industry for conserves) and critical phases (Italsider by Bagnoli). Important touristic flows towards the coasts of Amalfi and Sorrento. As the latter, other provinces are Benevento (Longobard “city of withces”), Caserta (a magnificent seven hundred residence) and Avellino, midpoint of Irpinia.

Made up of 13 counties, Giffoni Valle Piana is a treasure chest of archaeological finds, which confirm the settlement of numerous populations: Italics, Sabelli, Musoni, Osci, Etruscans Lombards, and Greek in older times; Suebi, Normans and Aragonese in more modern times, as confirmed by a very rich and varied architecture.