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 Pertosa Caves |
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the green landscape of the Alburni mountain of the Cilento
National Park, between the villages of Auletta and Pertosa
located at 70 km (about 43 miles) from Salerno, in an
attractive natural amphitheatre lies the Angel or Pertosa
Caves. Recent research dates the origin of the cave to about
34 million years ago. Numerous traces show that they were
lived in up until the stone age; the Greeks and Romans
assigned the cave as a seat of cult and finally the
Christians consecrated the caves to St. Michael Archangel.
The Angel Caves of Pertosa unwind for about 2,500 mt across
tunnels and immense caverns; they are characterised by the
beauty of their stalact and stalagmite conformation, for the
impressiveness of the caverns, and because they are unique
in Italy. To visit the caves one must cross an underground
river. A boat wis ely
guided into the depths of the earth for some 100 m, in a
silence which is broken only by the sound of water and
exclamations of surprise. After a few minutes the boat
berths and the enchantment begins. A wonderful waterfall
created by the Black River echoes distant times, stalacts
and drapes of candid alabaster hang from the vaults of the
caverns, stalagmites of strange shapes capture incredulous
gazes, one walks through tunnels and arabesque corridors lit
by the subtle play of light into vast salons each of which
has a name, and one meets with the incredible concretion
which nature has created throughout millions of years.
The Angel
Caves are easy to reach taking the A3 highway Salerno-Reggio
Calabria exiting at Petina or the national Calabrie road. At
about 200 m from the entrance to the caves there is an ample
car park and without ruining the natural beauty of the
surrounding landscape there are also restaurants where one
can taste the delicious local cuisine.
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