Forino (
Irpino
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comune
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'' in the
province of Avellino,
Campania
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, southern
Italy
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.
Geography
The town, located on a hillside between
Salerno and
Avellino, borders with the municipalities of
Bracigliano
Bracigliano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
The municipality borders with Forino, Mercato San Severino, Montoro, Quindici and Siano
Siano is a town and '' comune'' in the provi ...
,
Contrada
A (plural: ) is a subdivision (of various types) of Italian city, now unofficial. Depending on the case, a will be a ''località'', a ''rione'', a ''quartiere'' (''terziere'', etc.), a '' borgo'', or even a suburb. The best-known are the 1 ...
,
Monteforte Irpino,
Montoro
Montoro is a city and municipality in the Córdoba Province of southern Spain, in the north-central part of the autonomous community of Andalusia.
Overview
It is located about east-northeast of the capital of the province, Córdoba. In 2008, t ...
,
Moschiano and
Quindici
Quindici is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. Its population is about 3,000 inhabitants.
Bracigliano, Forino, Lauro, Moschiano, Sarno and Siano are nearby towns.
History
Quindici has b ...
.
History
On 8 May 663 AD the town was the scene of a battle between the Byzantine army of
Constans II and the
Lombard army of
Romuald I of Benevento
Romuald I (also spelled ''Romoald'' and in Italian ''Romualdo''), duke of Benevento (662–687) was the son of Grimoald, king of the Lombards. When his father usurped the throne in 662, he left Benevento under Romuald Chris Wickham, ''Early Medie ...
, son of
Grimoald I
Grimoald I (616–657), called the Elder (in French, ''Grimaud l'Ainé''), was the mayor of the palace of Austrasia from 643 to his death. He was the son of Pepin of Landen and Itta.
Biography
With the death of Pepin in 640, Grimoald became t ...
and duke of
Benevento.
According to legend,
St. Michael made an apparition in this battle on the side of the Lombards. After this crushing defeat, Constans retired to
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 gave up his attempts to expel the Lombards from south Italy.
History of Forino on the municipal website
According to other sources, the battle took place at Calore Irpino
The Calore Irpino or Calore Beneventano or Calore river is a river in southwestern Italy. It rises from ''Colle Finestra'' ( above sea level), a mountain saddle between Monte Acellica and the Terminio sub-group in the Monti Picentini, sub-range o ...
, where the Calore river joins with the Volturno
The Volturno (ancient Latin name Volturnus, from ''volvere'', to roll) is a river in south-central Italy.
Geography
It rises in the Abruzzese central Apennines of Samnium near Castel San Vincenzo (province of Isernia, Molise) and flows southe ...
.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Campania
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