Not far away, in the municipality of Pertosa we find the caves of Pertosa-Auletta, peculiar because they are the only ones in Italy where you can navigate an underground river, the Negro, but they are also the only ones in Europe to preserve the remains of a pile-dwelling village, dating back to the second millennium BC.
Here, too, are held very special cultural events among which stands out “L’Inferno di Dante nelle Grotte” – “Dante’s Inferno in the Caves” – hosted for about eight years, and “Ulisse: il Viaggio nell’Ade” – “Ulysses: Journey to Hades”.
There are not, here, backstage and papier-mâché backdrops, but a prehistoric scenery that counts thousands of years.