Transhumance is the seasonal and temporary migration of the flocks, the herds and shepherds. Flocks, herds and shepherds move from pastures located in hilly or mountainous areas to pastures located in the plains and along the streets of the natural sheep tracks. Migration is carried out both to the plains and towards the mountains, depending on the climatic seasons.

The tratturo (sheep track) is a large grassy, stony or clay, always natural background, originating from the passage and the trampling of cattle. Normally the measure of the width of the road network is 111 meters, corresponding to sixty paces napoletani. His trip marks the main direction of the complex network system of trails that wind and spread out in smaller paths made ​​by tratturelli, straps that bound together the tracks main, by bracci and riposi. These routes were used by shepherds to make the transhumance, to transfer every season the flocks from one pasture to another.