The village suspended on a cliff of tuff
In the province of Benevento, at the foot of Mount Taburno, Sant'Agata de' Goti offers one of the most spectacular views in southern Italy: its houses stand right on the edge of a cliff of tuff, at the confluence of two streams, so that their walls seem to continue the rock face down to the water. The name recalls a settlement of Goths in the sixth century.
Inside, the village is a maze of lanes, noble palaces and churches. The cathedral has a crypt with columns and medieval frescoes; the church of the Annunziata preserves a great fresco of the Last Judgement from the fifteenth century; and San Menna, consecrated in 1110, has a splendid Cosmatesque floor. In the eighteenth century the saint and doctor of the Church Alfonso Maria de' Liguori was bishop here. The area produces the Falanghina white wine and the Aglianico del Taburno, and is known for the "mela annurca", a small sweet apple ripened on beds of straw.
Tip: the best view of the village on the cliff is from the bridge over the Martorano stream, especially at sunset or when it is lit at night.
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