On the path of mills

Volunteers will work around 5 - 6 hours each day and they will be involved in the following activities: manual work such as mowing grass, repairing and securing the fence, wooden steps and stone a, clearing the path of trees and vegetation obstructing the walk, repairing dry stone walls and paving paths with local natural stones, set signage; agricultural work such as open field hoeing, weeding, irrigation and planting; forestry work such as clearing undergrowth and forest soil, pruning shrubs and plants. Volunteers will also participate in planning area events and some evenings themed food and wine and on folk traditions organized on an ad hoc basis.

All volunteers will be housed at an apartment owned by the parish, located in the center of the hamlet of San Mango and equipped with 4 rooms (with mattresses), 1 bathroom and a kitchen, where they will, in turn turn, prepare meals, arranged according to a Mediterranean cuisine. For this, the volunteers will be assisted by a typical Cilento housewife and will be able to collect genuine products from a garden or from the land where they will carry out farm workers. Meals will be eaten at the dining hall or at the place of work.

Sessa Cilento is a municipality in the Province of Salerno, located in the heart of the Cilento National Park, Vallo di Diano and Alburni, at the foot of Mount Stella (1131 m), in the area of the so-called "Ancient Cilento" from which the place name originated. The municipality covers an area of about 18 sq. km, in which is included the summit of Mount Stella and five hamlets with their characteristic villages - Sessa capital, San Mango, Santa Lucia, Valle and Casigliano -, some hamlets and several historical and cultural attractions, including the Valley of the Mills, the ancient Church of Santa Maria degli Eremiti (also known as the "Old Church") in the locality of San Mango, the Coppola Palace in the locality of Valle and the prehistoric megalithic remains of Mount Stella with the dolmen called "Preta ru Mulacchio." The municipality of Sessa Cilento has the highest concentration of watermills in all of Cilento. In particular, along the Sorrentino stream, which flows from San Mango to Fiumara di Valle, there are more or less evident of at least twenty water mills, a clear sign of the intense and prosperous economic activity economy for which Valle was known since the 12th century with the appellation of "Vallis molendinorum" (Valley of Mills). Nearest airport: Napoli or Roma. Nearest train station: Vallo della Lucania.