Casalduni - Monumento In Memoria Delle Vittime Del Massacro Di Pontelandolfo E Casalduni (1861)
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Casalduni is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km northeast of Naples and about 15 km northwest of
Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...
, on the slopes of Monte Cicco on the right of the Tammaro river.


History

Casalduni is mostly remembered as the location, along with
Pontelandolfo Pontelandolfo is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the Sannio Hills in the province of Benevento, approximately halfway between Naples and Campobasso. Geography Pontelandolfo is located on a mountainous area of Italy. The area that surrounds Po ...
, of a massacre of largely civilian population by the Piedmontese occupation troops in 1861.


References

Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub