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Lavoro svolto dalla Scuola Media Statale di Perdifumo
Istituto Comprensivo di Montecorice

Height	m. 450
Area	23,67 square kilometres
Inhabítanís	1893
Hamlets	Camella, Mercato Cilento, Vatolla.
Agricolture	Olive oil, wine, figs
Industries	Housebuilding, olive oil production, plastic industry
Associations	U.S. Perdifumo (football), Pro-loco (for promotion of the area), Confraternities
Festivals	- the roast sucking-pig festival (August 18th and 19th) at Mercato Cilento  - Saint Rose fair (August 29th) at Mercato Cilento  - The tripe festival (August 12th and 13th) at Vatolla  - Beauty contest to choose "Miss Perdifumo" (August 18th)
The patron saint's day	- July 25th St. Giacomo at Perdifumo  - August 16th St. Rocco at Vatolla  - July 16th Our Lady of Carmelo at Mercato Cilento  - July 28th St. Nazario at Camella
To Visit	Vargas House at Vatolla, Convents
History	The origin of the name seems to go back to the end of the XI century, when the inhabitants of the village near the convent of St. Arcangelo moved to the valley, where a stream flows. It was therefore the geographical conformation to determine the new name of the village "pes de fluming" that is "at the foot of the river". The village was one of the baronage of Cilento under the Principality of the Sanseverinos. Gianbattista Vico, a well-known philosopher, lived in Vatolla from 1686 to 1695 and was given the task of tutor of the castle's household. Here he wrote one of his famous works "La scienza nuova". Perdifumo became "comune", together with Camella, Mercato Cilento and Vatolla, in 1806 after the abolition of feudality in southern Italy.