Buonvicino

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

Aniello BizzocoBuonvicino - Santuario Madonna della Neve - 2023-09-11 23-43-00 001 CC BY-SA 4.0
Marcello LiporaceSan Ciriaco CC BY-SA 4.0
Iosa53Buonvicino - Comune di Buonvicino - 2023-09-23 10-05-39 001 CC BY-SA 4.0
Marcello LiporaceGrotta di San Ciriaco CC BY-SA 4.0

Three older hamlets, Salvato, Tripidone and Trigiano, merged at the end of the 13th century to form Buonvicino. The village stands on a hill 400 metres up, not far from the Tyrrhenian Sea, beside the Corvino stream and within the Pollino National Park. A seven-metre bronze statue of San Ciriaco Abate watches over it from the rocky spur of Zaccaniello.

Highlights

The seven-metre bronze statue of San Ciriaco Abate on the Zaccaniello crag
The Stretto, a gorge barely five metres wide between towering rock walls
Sasso dei Greci, the clifftop plateau where the early settlement of Salvato stood
The Orsomarso mountains, part of the Pollino National Park

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Buonvicino (IT), Buonvicino (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 1,999

Events through the year

Feast of Saint Cyriacus the Abbot Religious · 19 September

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Buonvicino). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Specialities of Calabria

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

Alice WiegandNduja mit Brot CC BY-SA 4.0
'NdujaCured meatVery spicy spreadable pork sauce, good on crostini
Giuseppe CuccoSoppressata di Decollatura CC BY-SA 2.0
Soppressata calabrese (IT)Cured meat
Pasta ca muddica e aliciDishSpaghetti with anchovies, oil and toasted breadcrumbs
Popo le ChienFileja CC0
FilejaBread and pastaHomemade pasta shaped round a knitting iron, with goat or pork ragù
Pasta 'ncasciataDishPasta with meat ragù, eggs and cheese, baked between fried aubergines
GioiaBellissimoStruncatura CC BY-SA 4.0
StroncaturaBread and pasta