The Nerina valley
The Nerina valley is 70 kilometres long, and into it flow many streams and brooks cutting through the mountainsides to reach the valley bottom.
Other, smaller, valleys also lead into it. It is a land moulded by the forces of nature, chief among them the river Nera; men in ancient times named it the Nerina valley in homage to the river.
Men have dwelt here ever since prehistoric times, tenaciously making a living from this hand but not completely barren land, and have worked hand in hand with Nature to shape the landscape so that Nature and Civilisation are closely interwoven.
There are a mere fifteen thousand inhabitants scattered over there hundred square kilometres, living in small communities in every corner of the Nerina valley, and proud to be the guardians of a land where the real wholesome values of life are upheld and honoured.
