Power and prayer in the lands of the Sanseverino
This travel idea joins places well known by historians and academics, but not by mass tourism.
In these places where the hit-and-run tourists are few or none, the cultures of the Mediterranean interact during centuries, making it a center of power and great wealth: the extraordinary buildings are the perfect sign of it.
The art and the architecture in the Sanseverino’s lands are a journey into the most authentic and hidden Italian beauty.
The Sanseverino family, the First of the Seven Houses of the Kingdom of Naples, has been undisputed master of the lands of Cilento for over five centuries.
To give an idea of how extensive their domain was, it is enough to say that at one point in history they could travel from Calabria to Naples without ever leaving their possessions.
Even Charles V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, one of the most powerful kings in the history, on his return from the Battle of Tunis stopped in their lands to secure with such homage the financial support of this family, among the richest of its immense Empire on which " the sun never set".
Half a millennium of total supremacy has left an inestimable value: the remains of the time of the Sanseverino are authentic treasures, with world-class excellence, some famous, others absolutely unknown.
Padula Charterhouse – San Giovanni in Fonte – Teggiano – Polla- Sanseverino
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