Since the times of ancient Rome, the territory of the Campania Region that goes from Nolano to the Picentini Mountains was characterized by a "landscape of nuts" where natural beauty is combined with agricultural productivity, where hazelnut and chestnut groves are integrated into hilly and then mountainous areas offering picturesque scenery and a strong connection with the agricultural territory.
In spring, the landscape comes alive with the flowering of hazelnut, walnut and chestnut groves.
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Since the times of ancient Rome, the territory of the Campania Region that goes from Nolano to the Picentini Mountains was characterized by a "landscape of nuts" where natural beauty is combined with agricultural productivity, where hazelnut and chestnut groves are integrated into hilly and then mountainous areas offering picturesque scenery and a strong connection with the agricultural territory.
In spring, the landscape comes alive with the flowering of hazelnut, walnut and chestnut groves.
Summer brings the ripening of the fruits, and the landscape is a mosaic of dark and vibrant greens.
In autumn, this landscape transforms into a spectacle of warm colors. The leaves of the chestnut, hazelnut and walnut trees turn from yellow to amber, creating a lively contrast with the dark brown of the fallen walnuts and hazelnuts and the open chestnut shells. The hills and mountains are filled with activity, with people busy harvesting the fruit
The landscape of nuts is not only a place of production, but also an ecosystem rich in biodiversity and a deep connection between tradition and nature.
In this spectacular panorama the itinerary LANDSCAPES OF NUTS unfolds, which from the Circumvesuviana SPERONE-AVELLA station, crossing first the Partenio Regional Park and then the Regional Naturalistic Park of the Picentini Mountains, takes the cyclist to the Sanctuary of San Francesco in Folloni, a historic place but also a place of pilgrimage.
The main stops on the itinerary are:
• Visciano with its EREMO DEI CAMALDOLI PRESSO SANTA MARIA DEGLI ANGELI built among hazelnut groves of “Mortarella” a typical local variety;
• The village of Lauro dominated by the gigantic CASTELLO LANCELLOTTI with the museum dedicated to the transatlantic flyer UMBERTO NOBILE born in the Irpinia town;
• the LABSO SPRING adjacent to the GROTTO OF THE ARCHANGEL MICHELE, set in the bare rock
• in the hamlet of Petruto in Montoro
• the CONVENT OF SAN FRANCESCO, the MOTHER CHURCH OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL with the CLARISSE MONASTERY OF S. MARIA DELLA SANITA' and the MUSEUM OF THE HOUSE OF SAN GIUSEPPE MOSCATI in the territory of Castagna di Serino
• the picnic areas and the equipped park in the Dragone Valley
• The landscape of the Castagna di Montella IGP between the Bolifano district in Montemarano and the ancient Medieval Village of Cassano Irpino built around the Castle – Palazzo Baronale. read less
