Contrada Orticello, Melito Irpino

This is hill country on the eastern side of Irpinia, with cultivated ridges and small valleys in the basin of the Ufita and Calore systems. The nearest named mountain landscape is the southern Apennines around the Partenio and Picentini groups, but they are outside the immediate 15 km setting. Ariano Irpino is the nearest larger centre, with shops, services and a substantial historic core on its ridge. The wider area is known for grain farming, olive groves and inland Campania hill villages.