Pagania Vallonecupo: Hilly Landscape, Olive Oil and Culture

Pagania Vallonecupo between Hilly Landscape and Culture

Pagania Vallonecupo is a destination for travellers who do not wish to consider landscapes, regional products and culture separately. The town lies at around 600 metres above sea level. This elevation gives travel planning a clear landscape framework in which culinary and cultural themes can be placed in a specific context. Those planning an individual trip to Italy can therefore explore Pagania Vallonecupo through several interests without reducing the town to just one attraction. The hilly terrain and the microclimate favourable to olive cultivation connect the landscape with a specific product focus.

The Landscape Connection to the Sila

The mountains of the Sila lie beyond Pagania Vallonecupo. This connection adds a mountainous landscape to the townscape and gives the surrounding area a regional context. For travellers who wish to combine different landscape areas, the Sila forms a clear contrast to the town's hills. If landscape areas are important to you when deciding on your trip, the Sila is a specific reference point for your orientation. The connection between Pagania Vallonecupo and the Sila can be used as a landscape focus for your travel planning.

Olive Oil and Calabrian Spices

A specific culinary reference can be found at Contrada Pagania Vallonecupo 147, 87041 Acri (CS): Agricola Straface offers extra virgin olive oil as a product. The hilly area has a microclimate favourable to olive cultivation. Agricola Straface also offers wild oregano among its dried Calabrian spices. The extra virgin olive oil and the wild oregano represent two different product forms: oil and dried spice.

Church and Contemporary Art

Pagania Vallonecupo is home to a church called Chiesa Natività Maria SS., which is associated with a stated Sunday Mass at 11 a.m. The MACA – Museo Arte Contemporanea Acri is located in Palazzo Sanseverino in Acri. If you would like to combine sacred sites and contemporary art, you can include the church in Pagania Vallonecupo and MACA in Palazzo Sanseverino in the context of Acri as two different cultural destinations in your day planning.

A Former Festival with Music and Tasting

At the first edition of “Contrade in Festa”, residents and tourists came together for music and the tasting of typical products. Pagania Vallonecupo was involved in organising this first edition. Music and the tasting of typical products provide a different focus from churches and museums. If you seek cultural impressions not only in museums but also in public interaction, this former festival adds another perspective. The first edition was a past event, not an ongoing event date.

More Destinations

Other destinations for your travel planning include Marano Marchesato, Acquappesa Cs, San Demetrio Corone, Amendolara, Altomonte, Rocca Imperiale, Marina Di Fuscaldo and Acri.

For the higher-level travel overview: Cosenza.