Macerata Campania is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
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 ...
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 north 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 west of
Caserta
Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial, and industrial '' comune'' and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Ca ...
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Macerata Campania borders the following municipalities:
Casagiove
Casagiove is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about west of Caserta.
History
It was built in an area previously colonized by the ancient Greeks. In fact its name means "Jupiter's house ...
,
Casapulla
Casapulla (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about west of Caserta.
Casapulla borders the municipalities of Casagiove, Curti, Macerata Campania, Recale
Recale is a '' ...
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Curti,
Marcianise
Marcianise is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, Campania, southern Italy.
History
In the area of the commune of Marcianise numerous tombs of Etruscan and Roman age have been excavated, although Oscan elements should have pre-exis ...
,
Portico di Caserta,
Recale
Recale is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about southwest of Caserta.
Twin towns
* Bovino
Bovino is a '' comune'' and hill town at the eastern side of the ...
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Santa Maria Capua Vetere
Santa Maria Capua Vetere ( nap, Santa Maria 'e Capua) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, part of the region of Campania (southern Italy).
Though it is not connected with the ''Civitas Capuana'', the town is a medieval place and ...
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History
Its history is linked, for its origins, with the ancient city of Capua, corresponding to the current Santa Maria Capua Vetere, because it had been part of the latter for many centuries, until the year 841 (the year of the invasion of the Saracens, who destroyed ancient Capua). The population was dominated by Lombards, Normans, Swabians, Angevins and Aragonese. According to Francesco Granata
the ancient city of Capua extended in a territory of about six miles and, in the XVIII century, it was occupied by the hamlets of S. Maria Maggiore, S. Pietro in Corpo, Curti, Macerata and S. Andrea de' Lagni. Furthermore, near the chapel of the Blessed Virgin of Graces of Macerata Campania there was the ancient Porta Atellana of Capua from which the Via Atellana started, leading to the farmhouse of Macerata that linked ancient Capua with Atella
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Coat of arms and banner
The Municipality of Macerata Campania has its own blue coat of arms, composed of a silver cow, fixed on the green plain, with a gold band. The municipal banner consists of a yellow cloth, richly decorated with silver embroidery, depicting the coat of arms, and at the centre there is the name of the municipality in silver. Both the coat of arms and the banner are defined in Article 4 of the municipal statute
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Cities and towns in Campania
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