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BOOK HOTEL ROOMS & ACCOMMODATIONS HERE NOW! Hotel Rooms & Accommodations with Fast Secure Reservations engine Provided by our Partner Booking.com @no extra costs! South Italy and most of its little villages, is an area so little known to the European tourism yet in a delightful land wealthy of natural beauties, such as the Arch of Arcomagno, a natural arch of rock, entrance to an attractive coved beach, with calm turquoise sea; the Faraglioni of Capri, beautiful sea rocks in the sea of Capri, one of many in the Amalfi Coast; or the Etna Volcano, still active and one of Sicily's biggest tourist attractions. History and architecture are also very important factors of southern Italy's culture and tourist attractions, like the temple ruins of Agrigento - Sicily; Capri offering one of Italy's most beautiful piazzas (town square) in the middle of town, Piazzetta, completely closed up, giving the impression of a courtyard, surrounded by many shops and cafes and the Torre dell'Orologio (Tower of Clock); or the over 40 mt. high statue of the Christ in Maratea situated on a hill over 300 mt. high offering a most breath-taking site over the port of Maratea. Another great piece of southern Italy history, from Calabria to be exact, is the Bronzi di Riace: two magnificent bronze, human-size, male statues, found in the gulf of Riace, now showing in the museum of Reggio Calabria, representing the Greek conception of heroism and beauty for their classical composure and dynamic vitality. Great tourist attractions for both rural and coastal holidays are also the town of Rivello, based on the graceful Basilicata mountains with its typical hystorical houses that can be found in all old parts of most of southern Italy's towns, and the Trulli, typical Apulia houses with cone shaped roofs. Not to mention the delicious cuisine and friendly people, all part of a world waiting to be explored and taken advantage of.
BOOK HOTEL ROOMS & ACCOMMODATIONS HERE NOW! Hotel Rooms & Accommodations with Fast Secure Reservations engine Provided by our Partner Booking.com @no extra costs! South Italy and most of its little villages, is an area so little known to the European tourism yet in a delightful land wealthy of natural beauties, such as the Arch of Arcomagno, a natural arch of rock, entrance to an attractive coved beach, with calm turquoise sea; the Faraglioni of Capri, beautiful sea rocks in the sea of Capri, one of many in the Amalfi Coast; or the Etna Volcano, still active and one of Sicily's biggest tourist attractions. History and architecture are also very important factors of southern Italy's culture and tourist attractions, like the temple ruins of Agrigento - Sicily; Capri offering one of Italy's most beautiful piazzas (town square) in the middle of town, Piazzetta, completely closed up, giving the impression of a courtyard, surrounded by many shops and cafes and the Torre dell'Orologio (Tower of Clock); or the over 40 mt. high statue of the Christ in Maratea situated on a hill over 300 mt. high offering a most breath-taking site over the port of Maratea. Another great piece of southern Italy history, from Calabria to be exact, is the Bronzi di Riace: two magnificent bronze, human-size, male statues, found in the gulf of Riace, now showing in the museum of Reggio Calabria, representing the Greek conception of heroism and beauty for their classical composure and dynamic vitality. Great tourist attractions for both rural and coastal holidays are also the town of Rivello, based on the graceful Basilicata mountains with its typical hystorical houses that can be found in all old parts of most of southern Italy's towns, and the Trulli, typical Apulia houses with cone shaped roofs. Not to mention the delicious cuisine and friendly people, all part of a world waiting to be explored and taken advantage of.


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BUONVICINO - CALABRIA- SOUTH ITALY

This small village appears almost unexpectedly, between the green mountains and hill tops.
The houses seem to have been built almost on top of each other, starting from a natural valley going on to the rocks. It is particular in twisted alleyways that intercept each other going from the houses to the small shops to the ancient Mother Church. The town's piazza houses a recently built Gazebo where you can admire a breathtaking view of the high green mountains that cross each other creating a natural frame for the Tyrrhenian that can be spotted in the distance.

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Buonvicino celebrates a very important event that brings many visitors to this small town during the feast for "Santo Ciriaco" in Buonvicino-Cosenza, the inhabitants (about 3000 of population) create a respectful combination of praying and reverence with music, dancing and eating; this feast lasts five days and five nights in the "paese" (town center) but begins with a "Town Picnic" down at the "Grotto of Santo Ciriaco" where the Saint used to pass his days praying. Buonvicino is an Italian town of 2,324 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza in Calabria.
History

Buonvicino was founded in the late thirteenth century by the inhabitants of three houses: Saved Tripidonee Trigiano near the Abbey of San Ciriaco.

Saved was perched on the cliff right of the "Straits". The primitive dwellings were on "Rock of the Greek" of which traces remain visible and surface excavations. Excavations carried out in 1978 and 20 February 1997 were found broken tiles, dishes and animal bones. The inhabitants were engaged in farming and forestry activities.

On the opposite side, ie on the rocky ridge of the cliff was left there Tripidone (ibid., poking some places the walls to the north-east of the "Straits", was found a dagger of iron craftsmanship). These primitive villages had little land available for the most part made up of woods and mountains.

Further away, on the south-west, near the border of the Belvedere, stood the house of Trigiano he owned throughout the campaign Buonvicino including the area where once stood the monastery of San Ciriaco.
The three houses

Along the way from the valley of the isthmus leading to Corvino "Varco Palomabaro of" one is forced to move in the midst of a horrible throat, just 5 meters wide, called "Strait", consists of two high rocky cliffs on the tops of which, to the right of Corvino, is "Rock of the Greek" a small plateau that is part of the area known as Salvato and on the left, in a valley bordered by three summits, there is Tripidone.

They were inhabited villages, from the earliest times remote from the primitive tribe of Greek origin.

The battles with the Samnites, the Roman occupation, barbarian invasions, the Saracens, led to the disappearance of Laos and Cider. Along the way isthmic life was not entirely extinguished, but had spread terror and death always lurking. That's why the people of the Cape and Castellucce thought of abandoning their habitations insecure and find refuge in Saved, a high and inaccessible rock, still called the "Rock of the Greek".

Others had secured the home, some time ago, on the left side of the "tight", also hidden and inaccessible, which called for the presence of three peaks of rocks equidistant Tripidone. Trigiano, but was located further away, near Maritime lookout; house was autonomous and covered the whole territory of today's campaign Buonvicino.

The inhabitants of Saved Tripidone and were devoted to sheep farming and forestry activities, while those of Trigiano agriculture because they can cultivate many fields.

These three villages were located along the isthmus in position to observe the continuous traffic that is not dangerous because they defended well, of course.

The union of these three Houses, the late thirteenth century, gave rise to Buonvicino.

Now dominates the country the huge bronze statue of San Ciriaco Abate 7 meters, situated on a rock "Zaccaniello" dominating the country