Oliveto Citra
The ancient origin of this village is testified by the abundant prehistoric material found, dating back to the Bronze and Iron ages. A large number of the many finds are exhibited in the museum of Paestum. The existence of ancient settlements is also demonstrated by the discovery of a large necropolis.

Oliveto Citra is one of the villages on the upper course of Sele river, located before its confluence with Tanagro river.

From the old town, built on the "Civita" hills, you can overlook the Sele river. Nonetheless, there are doubts on the relationship of this settlement with the necropolis dating back to the Iron Age that extends in a valley, run through by Piceglia torrent, at the foot of the hill where the modern village has been built. Compared to the "Civita" hills, both the current village and the necropolis of the Iron Age are placed further from the Sele river, and, within this system, the Civita seems to be a forward bulwark. The protohistoric necropolis has been explored several times by Marzullo, Sestieri and by d'Agostino in 1961.

Among the finds discovered in the district of "Aia Sofia", there are small buccheros left from the Etruscans, whereas in the Turni district, were found out finds of different kinds of mixtures dating back to the V and IV century a.C., from Greek, Corinthian and Ionic influence, as well as other finds decorated with representation of vegetables, coming from the Adriatic region. Beside these, there are silver rings and bronze pots, discovered in the Piceglia and Civita area, that scholars believe to date back to the late iron age.

Finally, there is the famous "Red Amber ", without a doubt of Ionic origin and found in the already mentioned area of "Aia Sofia".

Among the archaeological areas cited with reference to Oliveto citra, Civita area is considered to be the most important. Here, there are the remains of a big rural arena, and you can also admire the ruins of some walls and some capitals from the old temple colonnade, besides some important pieces such as copper Roman coins and fragments of ancient different type and origin ceramics.

Placed on a rise on the right side of the Sele river, thanks to the wealth of water, it has a prosperous agricultural production of vegetables and a well-developed stock farming.

It has a healthy processing industry, supported from the local economy, its weekly market, held on Thursdays, is extremely popular. It is the seat of an hospital that, with more than 300 beds available, and modern and fully equipped units, serves a large catchment area.

At the end of august, an important cultural and artistic event ends with the celebration of "Sele d'Oro" prize.

A golden river