.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian. (October 2013) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Italian article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 3,006 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at [[:it:Tratturo Pescasseroli-Candela]]; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template ((Translated|it|Tratturo Pescasseroli-Candela)) to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.
Map of major drovers' roads in southern Italy, with Tratturo Pescasseroli-Candela highlighted in red

The Tratturo Pescasseroli-Candela is a drovers' road running between Pescasseroli in Abruzzo and Candela in Apulia. It is the third longest such route in southern Italy,[1] and is also named La via della lana ("The wool pathway").[2]

Geography

The Tratturo Pescasseroli-Candela runs between Pescasseroli in Abruzzo and Candela in Apulia, covering a distance of 211 kilometres (131 mi), and is up to 60 metres (200 ft) wide along some stretches.[3]

It is still used for seasonal migration of herds. Some historians, such as Wisemann, believe that it follows the same route as the Via Minucia Traiana, an ancient Roman road.

The Tratturo along Campanian Apennines, near Ariano Irpino

References

  1. ^ Stuart Haines (14 June 2012). Walking in Abruzzo. Cicerone Press Limited. pp. 106–. ISBN 978-1-84965-688-7.
  2. ^ "Regio Tratturo". Irpinia info (in Italian).
  3. ^ Pierre Bouet; Giorgio Otranto; André Vauchez (2007). Culte et sanctuaires de saint Michel dans l'Europe médiévale (in Italian). Edipuglia srl. pp. 326–. ISBN 978-88-7228-501-5.


Categories