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From a physical point of view, the Campania region can be divided into two areas: one mountainous and one flat: [2] The mountainous area includes the Campania Apennines, formed by a series of elevations, acrocores and plateaus (of Sannio, of Irpinia and of Cilento), between which open numerous and easy passes (the most important is the Sella di Ariano) and there flows the river Calore Irpino ...
Campania has many small and picturesque villages, 11 of them have been selected by I Borghi più belli d'Italia (English: The most beautiful Villages of Italy), [71] a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest, [72] that was founded on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the National ...
Campagna (Italian: pronounced [kamˈpaɲɲa]) is a small town and comune of the province of Salerno, in the Campania region of Southern Italy. Its population is 17,148. [3] Its old Latin name was Civitas Campaniae (City of Campagna). Campagna is located in one of the valleys of the Picentini Mountains, at an altitude of 270 meters above sea level.
Geography of the Metropolitan City of Naples (8 C, ... Pages in category "Geography of Campania" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The Campanian Archipelago (Italian: Arcipelago Campano), also called Neapolitan Archipelago (Arcipelago Napoletano), is an archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea, in southwestern Italy. It principally comprises 5 islands: Capri , Ischia , Nisida , Procida , and Vivara .
The Amalfi Coast—a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997—is located within the province, attracting tens of thousands of tourists from all around the world every year. . The province also comprises the Cilento coast, whose sea quality is considered among the best in Ita
The Campanian volcanic arc is a volcanic arc that consists of a number of active, dormant, and extinct volcanoes in the Campania region of Italy. The Campanian volcanic arc centers on the bay of Naples and includes: Mount Vesuvius: an active volcano that last erupted in 1944.
Laurino is a typical medieval hill town of the Cilento, the southernmost part of Campania.It dominates the surrounding landscape, overlooking the Calore Lucano river, which is crossed by two medieval bridges; Laurino was once known as the "pearl of the Calore".