Sant'Agata de' Goti is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) and former Catholic bishopric in the
Province of Benevento
The province of Benevento () is a Provinces of Italy, 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, as of 2017, a population of 279,127. There are 78 '' ...
in the
Italian
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region
Campania
Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...
, located about northeast of
Naples
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and about west of
Benevento
Benevento ( ; , ; ) is a city and (municipality) of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the Sabato (r ...
near the
Monte Taburno.
History
Sant'Agata is not far from the ancient
Samnite town of
Saticula.
The "Goths" (Italian: ''Goti)'' part of the town's name does not derive from the
(Ostro) Gothic domination of Italy (5th–6th centuries), but from the noble
Gascon De Goth family, who held it in the 14th century.
Main sights
* Cathedral (''Duomo''), founded in the 10th century, dedicated to the
Assumption of Mary
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It leaves open the question of w ...
. Due to the repeated reconstruction, little remains of the original edifice. The Romanesque
crypt
A crypt (from Greek κρύπτη (kryptē) ''wikt:crypta#Latin, crypta'' "Burial vault (tomb), vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building. It typically contains coffins, Sarcophagus, sarcophagi, or Relic, religiou ...
shows parts which could belong to several pre-existing buildings, including Roman or earlier ones.
*
Church of ''San Menna'' (10th century).
* Castle, used as Ducal Palace.
* Palace and church of St. Francis (1282).
* Gothic church of the ''Annunziata'' (13th century). It houses 15th-century frescoes, and a diptych of the ''Annunciation'' dating to the same age.
* The Council Room in City Hall was decorated in 1899 by
Vincenzo Severino.
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Italy
The following is a list of Catholic dioceses in Italy. , the Catholic Church in Italy is divided into sixteen ecclesiastical regions. While they are similar to the 20 Regions of Italy, civil regions of the Italian state, there are some differences ...
References
Sources and external links
GCatholic, with Google photo - co-cathedral
Cities and towns in Campania
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