Cardile

Cardile is a southern Italian village and the only hamlet (frazione) of Gioi, a municipality in the province of Salerno, Campania.

[1] The village was founded in the 11th century, around an ancient Lavra Basiliana named "La Laura".

[2] Cardile is located in the middle of Cilento, and is part of its national park.

[3] It is a hillside village that lies below the mountains Velosa (943 m) and Tempa del Bosco (908 m), both part of the Southern Apennines.

A few km south of the village, there are the springs of the Fiumarella, a tributary creek of the river Alento.