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Museum · Sassano (SA)

Living Museum of the Valley of Orchids and Ancient Crops

  • Visit: about 1 h 30 min
  • 536 m
Pictured: Sassano · SantaAngiulli · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized and cropped

Nature museum in Sassano devoted to the 254 wild orchids of the Cilento National Park and to old cultivated varieties.

Sassano has a truly special museum, which we recommend if you love nature: the Living Museum of the Valley of Orchids. It brings together the classification and images of the 254 wild orchids recorded in the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, a surprising botanical heritage.Alongside the orchids, the museum keeps the inventory and seeds of the ancient species cultivated in the Park: cereals, vegetables and fruit trees of the past. We like the idea of a place that protects the biodiversity of the area. Visits are by request, so it's best to plan ahead.

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