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Vallone dei Mulini is below Via Fuorimura, the business and noisiness of the crowds, cars, and birds breaks. An abandoned, ancient stone mill sleeved in moss<\/strong>, ferns, and other rare, verdant flora<\/strong> rests just 30 feet below the street, viewable from the metal rail.<\/p>\n

It is known as Il Vallone dei Mulini or The Valley of the Mills. Bordered by the <\/span>Carsalano<\/b> and <\/span>Sant\u2019Antonio<\/b> rivers, Il Valone dei Mulini is suffused with shade, humid air, and the distinct feel that one could fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Name of Il Vallone dei Mulini<\/span><\/h2>\n

This valley was <\/span>named for the mills built there<\/b><\/a>. Established in the tenth and thirteenth centuries, the first were flour mills used to grind wheat. <\/span>Sawmills were built <\/b>for use from <\/span>Sorrentine cabinet makers.<\/b><\/p>\n

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The Path to Il Vallone dei Mulini<\/span><\/h3>\n

Il Vallone dei Mulini is not accessible on foot<\/span><\/a>, or to most, because it is <\/span>privately owned property<\/b>. It can only be seen from above\u2014next to <\/span>Antiche Mura<\/b>, I found an area to look down from.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The valley’s sheer fall made me experience a little vertigo, but it is still a site well worth even a distant view. I almost felt like I had seen another world. From so far, <\/span>it dizzied me<\/b>, as though I had <\/span>peered down into a life-sized diorama.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Abandonment of the Valley<\/span><\/h3>\n

In 1866, <\/span>when the well-known Piazza Tasso was built,<\/b> it was <\/span>cut off from the wind<\/b> and much of the <\/span>sun.<\/b> In result, a rise in humid air and lack of water made the area <\/span>uninhabitable<\/b> by humans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The mills there, were <\/span>officially closed and abandoned<\/b> in the 1940s. Advanced humidity germinated <\/span>a new micro-climate<\/b> that allowed rich, spontaneous vegetation <\/span>uncommon<\/b> to the south of Italy. Of these is the rare <\/span>Phillitis Vulgaris<\/i><\/b><\/a> fern <\/span>which devoured the mills<\/b> left behind and <\/span>cloaked them in emerald<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vallone dei Mulini is below Via Fuorimura, the business and noisiness of the crowds, cars, and birds breaks. An abandoned, ancient stone mill sleeved in moss, ferns, and other rare, verdant flora rests just 30 feet below the street, viewable from the metal rail. 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