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San Gregorio Matese
San Gregorio Matese (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about north of Caserta. San Gregorio Matese borders the following municipalities: Bojano, Campochiaro, Castello del Matese, Letino, Piedimonte Matese, Raviscanina, Roccamandolfi, San Massimo, San Polo Matese, Sant'Angelo d'Alife Sant'Angelo d'Alife is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about north of Caserta. Sant'Angelo d'Alife borders the following municipalities: Alife, Baia e La ..., Valle Agricola. 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] |
Castello Del Matese
Castello del Matese (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about north of Caserta. Sports Association football Prima Categoria Molise (Group A) club A.S.D. Castello Matese play home matches at the Campo Sportivo Italo Pastore, a municipal stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ... in Castello del Matese. The club was founded in 2017. References External links Official website Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sant'Angelo D'Alife
Sant'Angelo d'Alife is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about north of Caserta. Sant'Angelo d'Alife borders the following municipalities: Alife, Baia e Latina, Piedimonte Matese, Pietravairano, Raviscanina, San Gregorio Matese, Valle Agricola. Sant'Angelo d'Alife is the hometown of US singer Dion DiMucci Dion Francis DiMucci (born July 18, 1939), better known simply as Dion, is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. His music has incorporated elements of doo-wop, pop, rock, R&B, folk and blues. Initially as the lead singer of Dion and t ... grandfather Benedetto. References Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Polo Matese
San Polo Matese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about southwest of Campobasso. San Polo Matese borders the following municipalities: Bojano, Campochiaro, Colle d'Anchise, San Gregorio Matese San Gregorio Matese (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about north of Caserta. San Gregorio Matese borders the following municipalities: Bojan .... References Cities and towns in Molise {{Molise-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Massimo
San Massimo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about southwest of Campobasso, comprising . As of 2017, San Massimo has a population of 754. Etymology San Massimo is named for Saint Maximus, the 3rd century Bishop of Nola whose followers fled to the region near San Massimo during the Decian Persecution of Roman Christians in 251 CE. History From c. 500 BCE until the Roman era, the territory of modern-day San Massimo was controlled by the Samnites, an ethnic group composed of a fusion of indigenous people and iron-age era migrants from Greece and other parts of Europe. In a series of wars, known as the Samnite Wars, Rome conquered the region. Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, Germanic Lombards occupied the area, before they in turn were conquered by the Normans. Norman nobleman, and their descendants, first administered the region as the County of Apulia and Calabria, which later joined other Norma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roccamandolfi
Roccamandolfi is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italy, Italian region Molise, located about southwest of Campobasso and about southeast of Isernia. Roccamandolfi borders the following municipalities: Cantalupo nel Sannio, Castelpizzuto, Gallo Matese, Letino, Longano, San Gregorio Matese, San Massimo and Santa Maria del Molise. References External links Official website Cities and towns in Molise {{Molise-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raviscanina
Raviscanina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about north of Caserta. Raviscanina borders the following municipalities: Ailano, Pietravairano, Prata Sannita, Sant'Angelo d'Alife, Vairano Patenora, Valle Agricola. History The city was the fief of Count Richard of Rupecanina. Main sights In the nearby are the ruins of the castle of Rupecanina, built by the Normans The Normans (Norman language, Norman: ''Normaunds''; french: Normands; la, Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norsemen, Norse Viking settlers and indigenous West Fran ... over a pre-existing Samnite fortress. References Cities and towns in Campania Castles in Italy {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piedimonte Matese
Piedimonte Matese () is a (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italy, Italian region of Campania, located about 82 km north of Naples and about 40 km north of Caserta. Geography Piedimonte Matese borders the following municipalities: Alife (CE), Alife, Campochiaro, Castello del Matese, Cusano Mutri, Guardiaregia, San Gregorio Matese, San Potito Sannitico and Sant'Angelo d'Alife. Up until 1945, Piedimonte Matese was located within the Province of Benevento. Before 1970 Piedimonte was known as Piedimonte d'Alife. History Matese Legion, The Matese Legion was a group of 240 Italian volunteers that joined Giuseppe Garibaldi in the war for Second Italian War of Independence, Italian unification in 1861. It was formed in the Piedimonte D'Alife district, now called Piedimonte Matese, in June 1860, and was officially established on 25 August in the same year. Main sights The church of ''San Biagio'' (15th century) houses late-Gothic frescoes with scenes from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letino
Letino is a ''comune'' and small village in the province of Caserta, in Campania, southern Italy. It was one of the villages liberated by the Italian Libertarian Communist Insurrection of 1877 by Errico Malatesta, Carlo Cafiero, Pietro Cesare Ceccarelli, the Russian Sergei Kravchinski, Stepniak and 30 other comrades. Another village in the same province, Gallo Matese, was also involved. References External linksLetino photos Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campochiaro
Campochiaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about southwest of Campobasso. Campochiaro borders the following municipalities: Castello del Matese, Colle d'Anchise, Guardiaregia, Piedimonte Matese, San Gregorio Matese, San Polo Matese, Vinchiaturo Vinchiaturo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about southwest of Campobasso. The name of the town derives from the Latin ''vincula catenis'', meaning "prison with chains". Vinchiat .... References Cities and towns in Molise {{Molise-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Caserta
The Province of Caserta ( it, Provincia di Caserta) is a province in the Campania region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Caserta, situated about by road north of Naples. The province has an area of , and had a total population of 924,414 in 2016. The Palace of Caserta is located near to the city, a former royal residence which was constructed for the Bourbon kings of Naples. It was the largest palace and one of the largest buildings erected in Europe during the 18th century. In 1997, the palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History The province of Caserta in the historical Terra di Lavoro region, also known as Liburia, covered the greatest expanse of territory around the 13th century when it extended from the Tyrrhenian Sea and the islands of Ponza and Ventotene to the Apennines and the southern end of the Roveto Valley. In the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Caserta was one of the most important departments in southern Italy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bojano
Bojano or Boiano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Campobasso, Molise, south-central Italy. History Originally named Bovianum, it was settled by the 7th century BC. As the capital of the Pentri, a tribe of the Samnites, it played a major role in the Samnite Wars, as well as in the Social War, when it was a temporary capital (89 BC). It was sacked by Sulla. It was colonized under both the triumvirates, and by Vespasian, who settled veterans of Legio XI ''Claudia'' (whence the name ''Bovianum Undecumanorum'', to distinguish it from Bovianum Vetus), and remained an important centre into late antiquity. After the Lombard conquest, the deserted area was given to a group of Bulgars, who circa 662 fled from the Avars and sought refuge with the Lombards. Bojano became a seat of a gastaldate. The Bulgars also settled in nearby Sepino and Isernia. Paul the Deacon in his ''Historia Langobardorum'' writing after the year 787 says that in his time Bulgars still inhabited the ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
