 This name was chosen because of the legendary man known as Padula.The town counts a railway station on the abandoned Sicignano-Lagonegro line, closed in 1987.It is served by the A2 motorway Salerno-Reggio Calabria, at the exit "Padula-Buonabitacolo", which is the northern end of a highway to Policastro Bussentino on the Cilentan Coast.