Cilento Coast

Numerous historical changes have characterized the history of Cilento, which has become a territory in which peoples and cultures have followed one another which have determined its evolution. From Cesare Ottaviano Augusto who made it a province to raise animals and cultivate food intended for Roman tables, to the medieval period with the advent of the Lombards, the Basilian and Benedictine monks, up to the birth of the Barony with the Sanseverinos and their revolt against Capaccio in 1246 against Frederick II.
Not to be forgotten are the first "Cilento riots" of 1828, with the insurrection against Francis I of Bourbon and his ministers, followed twenty years later by new anti-Bourbon riots and the phenomenon of banditry after the unification of Italy.

But the Cilento Coast is also myth, making it a source of inspiration for poets and singers. One of the most famous is that of Palinuro, Aeneas' helmsman, from whom one of the most fascinating points of the coast takes its name: Capo Palinuro. Legend has it that during the journey towards the coast of Lazio he fell into the sea together with the rudder, but managed to reach safety on the shore and was killed by the inhabitants of those places. Since then that promontory took the name of Capo Palinuro.