WALK AMONG THE OLIVE TREES – ARIANO IRPINO

NATIONAL DAY OF THE WALK AMONG THE OLIVE TREES

“Scattered like flocks, or tenuous as the smoke of a farmhouse” Eugenio Montale

Walking surrounded by the evocative landscape of olive trees, which dress our hillsides in every part of Italy, is the unprecedented and unique experience of the National Day of Walking among the Olive Trees, an initiative promoted by the Oil Cities Association on Sunday, October 28 in 123 cities.

In the 18 regions involved – from Lombardy to Sicily – many itineraries on a single date for a walk (from 2 to 5 kilometers) dedicated to families and enthusiasts to discover Italy’s olive-growing heritage through landscapes linked to the history and culture of green gold. Each municipality has selected a route among olive trees with unique historical and environmental features that ends at an olive mill, olive farm or historic building where participants will be offered a tasting of bread, oil and typical products.

The Camminata tra gli Olivi is an opportunity to re-establish a bond between citizens and their land, a way to introduce people to the landscape of a great civilization thousands of years old, and to let the many enthusiasts of our country’s food and wine culture discover the territories of origin of the product through the olive trees and the men who guard them.

Throughout the peninsula, the rural environment that distinguishes the cultivation of the olive tree has common characteristics but at the same time different depending on the region of belonging, the initiative is therefore also a current way to promote oil tourism by focusing on the indissoluble heritage of our territories, a value that must constitute wealth for future generations, in 2018, declared by Mipaaf, the Year of Italian Food.

ARIANO IRPINO (AV)

Ariano Irpino is located in the Campanian Apennines, straddling Campania and Puglia, in a position almost equidistant between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas. The city represents the second largest population center in the province of Avellino after the capital, from which it is about 50km away. Its 186.74km² area makes it the largest municipality in the region. The vast urban area composed of several municipalities polarized around Ariano Irpino has more than 80,000 inhabitants. Situated at 817 meters above sea level, Ariano Irpino presents the natural beauty of the Miscano and Ufita Valleys. Of interest are the Old Town, the Town Villa and the Norman Castle, inside which, the Museum of Norman Civilization preserves an important collection of coins of the Kingdom and a fund of medieval coins. Near the Villa, the War Memorial is in close symbolic contact with the nearby Longobard Cross, which represents Ariano’s oldest history. Also worth visiting are the Cathedral and Plebiscito Squares, the Cathedral of the Assumption, the churches of St. Peter, St. Michael Archangel, St. John, Carmine and St. Anne, the noble Palazzi Anzani, Caracciolo and Vitoli-Cozzo, the Palazzo Forte, home to the Civic Museum with 17th- and 18th-century ceramics, the Anzani Museum home to the Permanent Archaeology Exhibition, the Bishop’s Palace and the Diocesan Museum.

ROUTE INFO.

The Walk will start from the city center, through the oldest streets of the city we will head to the rural area. We will reach the olive grove of about 3 hectares, of the farm “Giuseppantonio La Porta.” Here it will be possible to view the different qualities of olives present and find out what harvesting techniques are used. Visitors will be accompanied by a trekking guide and an assistant. The trail will end with a visit and tasting at the “Lo Conte” oil mill.

ITINERARY

ROUTE TIME: 3h
ROUTE LENGTH: 6km
DIFFICULTY: Medium
PLACE OF DEPARTURE: Plebiscite Square
TIME OF DEPARTURE: 9:30 a.m.
INFO:info@proloconuovamente.it
PHONE: 389 8324986 DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE

IN THIS CITY YOU WILL FIND

OIL PRODUCERS: 10
OLIVE FARMS: 15
OIL MILLS: 7

EVENTS DEDICATED TO OIL:10

TYPICAL EVO OIL-BASED RECIPE:Spezzatino all’Arianese.

WALK AMONG THE OLIVE TREES – ARIANO IRPINO

Source : www.camminatatragliolivi.it

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Alfio Lo Conte

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Tecnico ed esperto degli oli extravergini di oliva, iscritto nell’Elenco Nazionale sezione Campania. Maestro di frantoio con diploma, conseguito presso International Extravirgin Agency.

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