Faicchio is a small village in the
Province of Benevento
The Province of Benevento ( it, Provincia di Benevento) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Benevento.
Geography
The province has an area of 2,071 km2, and, , a total population of 279,308. There are 78 ...
in the
Italian
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region
Campania
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, located about 50 km northeast of
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
and about 30 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 ...
.
Faicchio borders the following villages:
Cusano Mutri,
Gioia Sannitica
Gioia Sannitica is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples and about northeast of Caserta.
Gioia Sannitica borders the following municipalities: Alife, Alvigna ...
,
Puglianello,
Ruviano,
San Lorenzello,
San Salvatore Telesino
San Salvatore Telesino (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples and about northwest of Benevento.
San Salvatore Telesino borders the following mu ...
.
Faicchio is located a few km from the famous
Terme di Telese.
History
Going back to the 15th century and subsequently reconstructed Castelo Ducale it is situated in Piazza Roma, in the centre of the town, The Lombards (7th – 10th century AD) held the castle. After the Lombard rule the Normans ruled Faicchio and its surroundings. At that time the Castle was built or rebuilt in 1135 by Sanframondo, new masters of the place.
During 1300, the castle was restored and expanded upon. Sanframondo, put the castle on for sale. In 1337, it came into the hands of the family Monsorio until 1520. Monsorio, with the air of the early Renaissance, Faicchio entered into an era of fifteenth-century architecture.
In 1612 Neapolitan Gabriele De Martino restored the castle to what can be seen today. Another final restoration occurred in 1962. The building is shaped like an irregular polygon whose sides are connected together by three towers. The structure recalls the famous "big brother" of Naples, namely the Angevin. The towers, in fact, albeit in low proportions, are based on a truncated conical bases such as the castle in Naples.
The convent of San Pasquale sits above Faicchio. The convent and church of San Salvatore Saviour dates back to 1589 and consisted of five altars. The monastery has also hosted, in past years, a recovery house for drug addicts. There is a valuable library containing migliaglia volumes.
Faicchio is full of ancient churches. The village also has got a very rich nature, with two mountains, Monte Acero and Monte Erbano, the southern border of Matese. It is considered as one of the most beautiful village in South Italy.
Notable people
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Eugenio Bianchi
Eugenio Bianchi is an Italian theoretical physicist and assistant professor at the Pennsylvania State University who works on loop quantum gravity and black hole thermodynamics. He has derived the Bekenstein-Hawking formula S=\frac for the ent ...
, theoretical physicist born in Faicchio
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Luigi Palmieri
Luigi Palmieri (22 April 1807 – 9 September 1896) was an Italian physicist and meteorologist. He was famous for his scientific studies of the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, for his researches on earthquakes and meteorological phenomena and for i ...
, physicist, meteorologist, politician born in Faicchio and died in Naples.
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Clotilde Micheli, foundress of the Sisters of the Angels. She witnessed Martin Luther surrounded by terrible demons. Micheli died on 24 March 1911. Her remains are interred in Faicchio.
References
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Cities and towns in Campania