Camerota

The municipality of Camerota, located within the National Park of Cilento and Vallo di Diano is located in the southern part of the Cilento. The town placed in hilly area, 322 above sea level, is linked to the villages of Marina di Camerota, and Lentiscosa Licusati. Although the story most reliable stories Camerota was founded by Focei around the sixth century BC, the mythological legends draw near the origin of this common Palinuro, the helmsman of Enea, which runs along the current Cilento, fell in love with a beautiful girl named Kamaratòn.

Marina di Camerota is also a site of European importance, with its extensive deposits of the Lower Paleolithic, Middle and Upper with massive production of findings ranging from the Palaeolithic (450,000 years ago) to the Bronze Age (2,800 - 900 BC). In the following centuries the town grew around a fortified castle and Norman suffered the first domain, then Arabic and still Swabian, Angevin, Aragonese until the period related to the Bourbon dynasty finally ended with the unification of Italy.


Today the village of Marina di Camerota, with over 3,500 inhabitants, is the most populous municipality in addition to a known and renowned tourist resort located just 8 km from Palinuro and repeatedly awarded the Blue Flag recognition Even for this called the "Pearl of the Cilento," Marina di Camerota offers depths that invite enthusiasts to fantastic diving diving to discover the fascinating world where the typical marine facies in the Mediterranean red coral and sea fans alternate wonderful ravines, romantic coves and spectacular caves, such as Santa Maria Grotto, accessible only by sea and whose exploration began in saltwater and freshwater ends in creating visual effects or the curious cave Porto degli Infreschi within which is a source of fresh water, whose oxidation colored rock, so very lively.

Equally enjoyable are the beautiful beaches: Calanca, five minutes walk from the center, sheltered by two rocky outcrops and characterized by a shallow, ideal for bathing for families with children. Marina delle Barche, ten minutes from the historic center, with its clear water and fine sand. Lentiscelle, 1 km from the village, consisting of small rocks and pebbles. Mingardo, reached via the road between Palinuro and Marina di Camerota formed by a series of beaches extended to seven kilometers, among which the most famous are: Cala del Cefalo, Cala d'Arconte, beach "La Vela", whose name originates from a rock just sail-shaped. On the road between Marina di Camerota and the village of San Giovanni a Piro after six kilometers meets Lentiscosa, village by Cilento distinctively characterized by vast expanses of olive trees that surround it.

The tourist is immediately obvious link between this village, population and religiosity characterized by the presence of the church of Santa Maria of the Martyrs, the church of St. Lazarus, the shrine of Santa Rosalia and the chapels of St. Sofiia, St. Antonio and Madonna of Piedigrotta. From downtown along Camerota less than 5 miles inland to reach the village of Licusati, separate municipality until 1929, rising 260 meters above sea level at the foot of Mount Croce del Calvario, and extends in a colorful valley thousands of olive trees from which the local mills get an extra virgin olive oil of highest quality, valuable element of the Mediterranean Diet. Even as Licusati Lentiscosa ties with the faith are clear and worth visiting the shrine of the Santissima Annunziata and the Church of San Marco.

Camerota and its surroundings attract more tourism, which opens to visitors in search of natural beauty, scenery and history.