Category: Places to Visit
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Museum of Bread
In Cerchiara you can visit , by appointment, the small, but fascinating museum of bread, in which various tools, machines and grinders of the rurality of a time are stored. You can also see mannequins who personify the miller and the baker and, among other things, real loaves of Cerchiara bread.
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Sanctuary of Our Lady of Arms
The Sanctuary of ‘ Santa Maria delle Armi’ is, in Calabria, the most valuable monument of medieval origin. It is located in the territory of Cerchiara di Calabria on the slopes of the Sellaro mountain at 1015 m asl with stunning views over the plain of Sybaris and the Gulf of Taranto. Today’s sanctuary is…
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Pollino National Park
The Pollino National Park, shared by the provinces of Potenza, Matera and Cosenza, with its 192 565 hectares, of which 88 650 in the side of Basilicata and 103 915 in that of Calabria, is the largest natural park in Italy. It takes its name from the Pollino Massif. The highest village of the park…
