Paestum Costa – Eco-Innovations in the Mediterranean Landscape
luca cerullo architects has developed the integrated strategy for the urban and landscaping requalification of the coastal strip of Capaccio Paestum (13km) on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea (province of Salerno, Italy). The objective is to reorganise infrastructure to facilitate sustainable accessibility and collective mobility, promoting comprehensive development, diversification of tourism and valuation of vocational aspects.
The zone consists of the River Sele Plain, a large coastal plain of approximately 500Km squared, bounded by the coastal strip and stretching between the city of Salerno and the foothills of the highlands of the Cilento. The project is located in the Comune di Capaccio Paestum Council Area, a flat landscape comprising approximately 18,000 hectares in area that stretches to the left of the River Sele. The coast is approximately 13 km long, from the River Sele to the River Solofrone, and comprises a sandy beach that varies in width from approximately 25m to approximately 100m, and has a total area of approximately 80 hectares.
The characteristics of the coastal landscape are the Historical and cultural due to the archeological site of Paestum and local towns bordering the site; the Economical due to the significant flow of tourists, archeological visitors, seaside visitors and, last but not least, local food and drink tourism; the Social due to the constant demand for public services principally connected to the development of tourism of the coastal strip and the Naturalistic, thanks to the habitats recognised and protected at a communicty level, Area SIC IT8050010, water channels and agriculatural canals and streams.
Sand dunes and a pine forest stretch along the gently sloping sea shore. The ammophila arenaria - perennial herb with a long rhizome, as well as evergreen shrubs, macchia and cistus, prevent the sand dunes from moving.
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