Piedimonte Matese () is a (municipality) in the

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in the

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region of

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, located about 82 km north of

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and about 40 km north of

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Geography

Piedimonte Matese borders the following municipalities: Alife,

Campochiaro Campochiaro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about southwest of Campobasso. Campochiaro borders the following municipalities: Castello del Matese, Colle d'Anchise, Guardiaregia, ...

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, Guardiaregia,

San Gregorio Matese San Gregorio Matese (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about north of Caserta. San Gregorio Matese borders the following municipalities: Bojan ...

, San Potito Sannitico and

Sant'Angelo d'Alife Sant'Angelo d'Alife is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about north of Caserta. Sant'Angelo d'Alife borders the following municipalities: Alife, Baia e La ...

. Up until 1945, Piedimonte Matese was located within the

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. Before 1970 Piedimonte was known as Piedimonte d'Alife.

History

The Matese Legion was a group of 240 Italian volunteers that joined

Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as ''Gioxeppe Gaibado''. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as ''Jousé'' or ''Josep''. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patr ...

in the war for

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in 1861. It was formed in the Piedimonte D'Alife district, now called Piedimonte Matese, in June 1860, and was officially established on 25 August in the same year.

Main sights

The church of ''San Biagio'' (15th century) houses late-Gothic frescoes with scenes from the Old and New Testament and histories of St. Blaise. The church of St. Thomas (or St. Dominic) was built in 1414. The Baroque church of ''San Salvatore'' was designed by

Cosimo Fanzago Cosimo Fanzago (Clusone, 12 October 1591 – Napoli, 13 February 1678) was an Italian architect and sculptor, generally considered the greatest such artist of the Baroque period in Naples, Italy. Facade Santa Maria della Sapienza. Biography Fanz ...

. The Ducal Palace of Gaetani d'Aragona has kept some late Renaissance details. Its patron saint is San Marcellino. The church of Ave Gratia Plena, also known as the Church of the Annunciation (Chiesa dell’Annunziata), retains much of its baroque decoration. The Civic Museum Raffaele Marrocco is an

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

and

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museum in Piedimonte Matese.

Sports

Association football

Based in the Sepicciano area of Piedimonte Matese is the 4,000-seater

Stadio Pasqualino Ferrante Stadio Comunale Pasqualino Ferrante di Piedimonte Matese, shortened to Stadio Pasqualino Ferrante and known locally as simply Stadio di Sepicciano is a municipal stadium in Sepicciano, a ''frazione'' of Piedimonte Matese, Italy. It has served a ...

, a municipal

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

and home of

Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the Italian league system, the competition sits beneath the third professional league, Serie C. It is administered by the Lega Nazionale Dilettant ...

(Girone F) club A.S.D. Football Club Matese. It was formerly the home of

Eccellenza The Eccellenza (, "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football. It is a regional league, composed of 28 divisions divided geographically. All 20 regions are represented by at least one division except for Piedmont and Ao ...

(Molise) club

A.S.D. Tre Pini Matese A.S.D. Tre Pini Matese was an Football in Italy, Italian association football club based in Sepicciano, Piedimonte Matese, Province of Caserta, Caserta, Campania. Although based in Campania, the club were members of Promozione (Molise) and :it:P ...

and

Promozione The Promozione (, "promotion") is the sixth level in the Italian football league system. Each individual league winner within the Promozione level progresses to their closest regional league in the Eccellenza level. Depending on each league's lo ...

(Molise) side F.W.P. Matese.

International relations

Piedimonte Matese is twinned with: *

Cervinara Cervinara is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. History According to the legend, the name "Cervinara" comes from an altar dedicated by the Romans to Ceres, goddess of the harvest. The name appears for the first ...

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, since 2013 *

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, since 2010

References

External links

Piedimonte Matese official website

Piedimonte Matese 2010
Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub