Frasso Telesino is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) 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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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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region
Campania
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, located about 40 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 20 km west of
Benevento.
Frasso Telesino borders the following municipalities:
Cautano
Cautano (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) constituted from two countries, Cautano and Cacciano, in the Province of Benevento (until 1861 Province of Avellino) in the Italian region Campania, located about 75 km (46.6 mi) northeast o ...
,
Dugenta
Dugenta (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples and about west of Benevento.
Dugenta borders the following municipalities: Castel Campagnano, ...
,
Melizzano
Melizzano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 45 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km west of Benevento.
Melizzano borders the following municipalities: Amorosi, C ...
,
Sant'Agata de' Goti
Sant'Agata de' Goti is a ''comune'' (municipality) and former Catholic bishopric in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 35 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km west of Benevento near the Monte Taburn ...
,
Solopaca,
Tocco Caudio
Tocco Caudio is a village and ''comune'' in the province of Benevento, in the Campania region of southern Italy. The old town was abandoned after Italy Earthquake of 1980, a series of earthquakes in 1980 and 1981.
Geography
As with many ancien ...
,
Vitulano
Vitulano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 50 km northeast of Naples and about 12 km northwest of Benevento.
Vitulano borders the following municipalities: Campoli ...
. It is located on the western slopes of the
Monte Taburno
Taburno Camposauro is a massif located in the Apennines, to the west of Benevento, in the Campania region of Southern Italy. Its highest peak is the Taburno, at 1,393 m. It is composed of two groups of calcareous mountains separated by a p ...
.
Sights include the hermitage of San Michele, the Palazzo Gambacorta and the 18th century church of Madonna di Campanile.
People
American
jazz
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musician
Mike Mosiello was born in Frasso Telesino and was in 2003 honored with a plaque in his old hometown.
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References
Cities and towns in Campania
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