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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, 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 (). In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as () or (). 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican. H ...

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. Biography Early life and education Fanzago was ...

. 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

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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, 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 completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

and home of

Serie D The Serie D () is the highest level of semi-professional football in Italy, and the fourth tier of the Italian national league system. It sits beneath the third and lowest fully professional league, Serie C, and feeds in to it through promotion ...

(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.Official ...

(Molise) club A.S.D. Tre Pini Matese 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 ...

(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 Ancient Rome, Romans to Ceres (mythology), Ceres, goddess of the harvest. ...

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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