Civita

In the heart of the Pollino National Park and the Raganello Gorge Nature Reserve, immersed in a landscape of great variety and beauty, stands Civita, a village with an ancient appearance and a particular history: the settlement, in fact, according to tradition was founded in 1471, on the ruins of a pre-existing town destroyed by an earthquake a few years earlier, by Albanian families fleeing from the Turks, and here is the oldest Albanian community in Italy. Its architecture is reminiscent of past centuries and the bizarrely shaped chimneys and 'talking houses' are worth noting. A curiosity: here you will find the famous 'Devil's Bridge', a stone bridge suspended in the void which, according to legend, was built by Lucifer himself. This mysterious aura makes the village even more fascinating, to be discovered and experienced by following the traces of its stories.