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Mercogliano
Mercogliano is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy. Geography Mercogliano is a hill town located near the western suburb of Avellino and below the mount Partenio (or Montevergine). The municipality borders with Avellino, Monteforte Irpino, Mugnano del Cardinale, Ospedaletto d'Alpinolo, Quadrelle and Summonte. It counts three hamlets (''frazioni''): *Montevergine: located near the summit of mount Partenio and home of the homonym sanctuary, is linked to Mercogliano by the Montevergine funicular. *Torelli: it is a village located on the road between Torrette and Mercogliano. * Torrette: located on a plain next to Avellino, it is the commercial hub of the municipality. The exit "Avellino Ovest" (Av. West) of the A16 motorway serves the locality. Main sights *Catholic Sanctuary of Montevergine *Loreto Abbey Palace near Torelli [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torelli (Mercogliano)
Mercogliano is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy. Geography Mercogliano is a hill town located near the western suburb of Avellino and below the mount Partenio (or Montevergine). The municipality borders with Avellino, Monteforte Irpino, Mugnano del Cardinale, Ospedaletto d'Alpinolo, Quadrelle and Summonte. It counts three hamlets (''Frazione, frazioni''): *Montevergine: located near the summit of mount Partenio and home of the homonym sanctuary, is linked to Mercogliano by the Montevergine funicular. *Torelli (Mercogliano), Torelli: it is a village located on the road between Torrette and Mercogliano. *Torrette (Mercogliano), Torrette: located on a plain next to Avellino, it is the commercial hub of the municipality. The exit "Avellino Ovest" (Av. West) of the Autostrada A16 (Italy), A16 motorway serves the locality. Main sights *Catholic Sanctuary of Montevergine *Loreto Abbey Palace near Torelli [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torrette (Mercogliano)
Mercogliano is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy. Geography Mercogliano is a hill town located near the western suburb of Avellino and below the mount Partenio (or Montevergine). The municipality borders with Avellino, Monteforte Irpino, Mugnano del Cardinale, Ospedaletto d'Alpinolo, Quadrelle and Summonte. It counts three hamlets (''frazioni''): *Montevergine: located near the summit of mount Partenio and home of the homonym sanctuary, is linked to Mercogliano by the Montevergine funicular. *Torelli: it is a village located on the road between Torrette and Mercogliano. * Torrette: located on a plain next to Avellino, it is the commercial hub of the municipality. The exit "Avellino Ovest" (Av. West) of the A16 motorway serves the locality. Main sights *Catholic Sanctuary of Montevergine *Loreto Abbey Palace near Torelli [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevergine Funicular
The Montevergine funicular ( it, Funicolare di Montevergine) is a funicular railway that connects the town of Mercogliano with the mountain and catholic sanctuary of Montevergine, in Campania, Italy. History The idea of linking the shrine of Montevergine with the centre of Mercogliano via a funicular railway originated in the nineteenth century, based on an idea of Abbot Guglielmo De Cesare. By 1882 a third of the construction work had already been achieved, but as a result of economic problems and the outbreak of the First World War the work was interrupted. It was not until 1926 that the work was restarted, under the direction of Abbot Ramiro Marcone, who founded a company to complete the line. In 1929 the company, the property of the monastic community, changed its name to the ''Società Immobiliare Irpina'', and obtained the concession to run the funicular for 50 years. The outbreak of World War II stopped the work once again, and the system was only opened only in 1956 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacello Da Mercogliano
Pacello da Mercogliano (c. 1455–1534) was a designer of gardens and hydraulic engineer, who is documented as working for Charles VIII at Amboise with the responsibility of bringing water from the Loire up to the garden parterres laid out to one side of the château. He was assisting the architect-engineer Fra Giocondo, who had translated Frontinus's essay on the ancient aqueducts of Rome, . After Charles VIII's death in 1498, both men continued to be employed by Louis XII at Blois, whence he had removed the court. At the Château de Gaillon, begun in 1502, Georges Cardinal d'Amboise employed Pacello on the gardens.P. Lesueur, "Pacello da Mercogliano et les jardins d'Amboise, Blois et Gaillon", ''Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de l'art français'' (1935:90-117, noted by Roberto Weiss, "The Castle of Gaillon in 1509-10", ''Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes'' 16.1/2 (1953:1-12), p. 2 note 9. Neither there, nor at Amboise or Blois, where the foundations of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevergine
250px, The Sanctuary of Montevergine. The Montevergine, also known as Partenio or Monti di Avella, is a limestone massif in Campania, central Italy, part of the Apennine chain. It is located near Avellino, in the ''comune'' of Mercogliano. It has slopes covered by chestnut and beech trees, up to some 1,480 m above sea level. Overview Under the peak, at some 1,270 m, is the Sanctuary of Montevergine, which attracts numerous pilgrims. It was consecrated in 1124 near the ruins of a temple of Cybele. The new basilica, built in 1961 by Florestano Di Fausto, is home to a 13th-century Byzantine icon of a black Madonna. The abbey palace was designed by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, and has an octagonal plan. The Sanctuary is the cathedral of the Territorial Abbey of Montevergine. The sanctuary can be reached from the town of Mercogliano by the Montevergine funicular The Montevergine funicular ( it, Funicolare di Montevergine) is a funicular railway that connects the town of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mugnano Del Cardinale
Mugnano del Cardinale is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. Geography Baiano, Mercogliano, Monteforte Irpino, Quadrelle, Sirignano, Visciano are nearby towns. Sights The town houses the Basilica of Saint Philomena which has been important as a pilgrimage A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ... site. References Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ospedaletto D'Alpinolo
Ospedaletto D'Alpinolo is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re .... References Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autostrada A16 (Italy)
The A16 is an Italian autostrada connecting Naples and Canosa, before merging with the A14 autostrada. The road is also known as "Autostrada dei Due Mari" (''Motorway of the Two Seas'') because it connects Naples, on the Tyrrhenian coast, with Bari, on the Adriatic coast. On the night of 28 July 2013, a serious traffic accident occurred on the A16 near Avellino Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ... when a coach carrying pilgrims fell off a flyover into a ravine. At least 39 people, including the driver, were killed and many others injured. The acclaimed A16 Restaurants in San Francisco and Oakland, California, feature food from Campagna and are named for the autostrada. Route References A16 Transport in Campania Transport in Apulia {{Italy-ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frazione
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territorial subdivisions in the country. In the autonomous region of the Aosta Valley, a ''frazione'' is officially called an ''hameau'' in French. Description Typically the term ''frazioni'' applies to the villages surrounding the main town (''capoluogo'') of a ''comune''. Subdivision of a ''comune'' is optional; some ''comuni'' have no ''frazioni'', but others have several dozen. The ''comune'' usually has the same name of the ''capoluogo'', but not always, in which case it is called a ''comune sparso''. In practice, most ''frazioni'' are small villages or hamlets, occasionally just a clump of houses. Not every hamlet is classified as a ''frazione''; those that are not are often referred to as ''località'', for example, in the telephone boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summonte
Summonte is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. History Summonte was founded between the tenth and eleventh centuries, centered around the old fortifications of the location. The name came from its location at the foot of Mount Partenio. During the twelfth century, with the Norman conquest, it was a fiefdom under the Malerba family. In the first half of the fourteenth century, the last Malerba family member died without an heir, and it was passed on to the Leonessa family. The Italian artist Raffaele Della Pia Raffaele () is an Italian given name and surname, variant of the English Raphael. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Raffaele Amato, Italian mobster *Raffaele Cutolo, Italian mobster * Raffaele Ganci, Italian mobster *Raffaele Cant ... was born in Summonte. References Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quadrelle
Quadrelle is a village and ''comune'' of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. Festivals Every year, in August, there is a religious festival dedicated to John the Baptist. On the 17 January there is a traditional celebration called the Maio of Saint Anthony the Abbot Anthony the Great ( grc-gre, Ἀντώνιος ''Antṓnios''; ar, القديس أنطونيوس الكبير; la, Antonius; ; c. 12 January 251 – 17 January 356), was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is d .... Notes and references Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campania
Campania (, also , , , ) is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the island of Capri. The capital of the Campania region is Naples. As of 2018, the region had a population of around 5,820,000 people, making it Italy's third most populous region, and, with an area of , its most densely populated region. Based on its Gross domestic product, GDP, Campania is also the most economically productive region in southern Italy List of Italian regions by GDP, and the 7th most productive in the whole country. Naples' urban area, which is in Campania, is the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth most populous in the European Union. The region is home to 10 of the 58 List of World Heritage Sites in Italy, UNESCO sites in Italy, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, the Royal Palace of Caserta, the Amalfi Coast and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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