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Benevento:

A city full of history


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How to get to

Benevento!!!


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Class III D: Gerardo Giallonardo

General

features

Benevento, a city ofCampania, is the capital of itsdistrict and is situated on thehill Guardia, between therivers Sabato and Calore, inthe middle of a circle of

mountains.It wasfounded bythe Samnitepeople.


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HistoryBeneventum was the capital of

of the Samnite people with thename of Maleventum. When itwas conquered by the Romansin III and IV centuries B.C. Its

name changed intoBeneventum. The city wasdestroyed and then rebuiltunder the Longobard power(571 A.D.)The last Longobardprince, Landolpho was won bythe Normans and died in1077. Benevento remainedsubjected to the Pope for

more than eight centuries and


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Class III D: Tarquinio Sbordone

The SanniticPopulation

The geographical positionof the province ofBenevento has made

Sannio, the centre of manywar-like events that haveinterested the south ofItaly. The Longobards, theBizantines, the Sannitics

and many others, have allleft their marks onBenevento and on theSannio area. The legendtells that Benevento was

founded by Diomede wholanded on the costs ofPuglia after the destructionof Troia. But it is more likelythat Benevento was

founded by the Oscis, and


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Class III D: Tarquinio Sbordone

Beneventobecamehistorically

important whenthe Sanniticwarriorsdefeated theroman soldiers

in the battlecalled forchecaudine

(caudin forksis a metaphorwhich means:bitterhumiliation).

The story says that general PonzioTelesino captured two roman legions

and subjugated them by making thempass under a bridge made with threelances so that the enemy defeat couldbe watched by everyone and the woncould be humiliated.


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General features In spite of the earthquakeof 1688 and the bombingsof the II world war,

Benevento has preservedits middle ages historicalcentre with remarkablemonuments of great

historical and artisticvalue. The Arch ofTrajanus, the Theatre of IIcentury, the Leprosobridge, the Cathedral, the

Castle or Rectors, SantaSofias (VIII cent.) whereyou can find the Museumof Sannio, and San

Bartolomeos, a church


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Generalfeatures

The local economy isbased on industry;besides the traditionalproductions of nougat,

chocolate, biscuits andStrega liquor,otherimportant sectors havedeveloped; the beerand wood industries.

The Province, whichincludes 78 towns in amainly mountainterritory, is particularly

devoted to agriculture.

The productions are:cereals, olives,potatoes, grapes,tobacco. There arealso many raisings ofcalves and sheep.


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Orsola De Simone III E

TheLongobards

The Longobardswere a Germanpopulation that

dominated theItalian peninsulafrom half the VIIIcentury, and

deeply influencedthe Italian politicalestablishment andthe local culture inthe following

centuries.

Benevento wasamong the mostimportant

Longobard


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Leproso bridge

The riverSabato flowsunder its four

arches. Thename Sabatocomes fromSabba, that isthe typical

dance of the

The Leproso Bridge, in Benevento, led to Brindisiand to Eastern countries through via Appia. This

important Roma monument was restored byAppio Claudio, L. Settimio Severo and M. AurelioAntonino. It was called Leproso (which meansaffected by leper) during Middle Ages while

first it was called Marble Bridge.


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Calore Bridge

During the lastfive years theamount of waterhas considerably

diminished and,with this, also thefear of river floodsamong Benevento

inhabitants

The Calore Bridge joins viale Principe di Napoli with

some important Benevento monuments: SantaSofias, the Arch of Traianus and the Cathedral. Itis very old and was destroyed by bombings duringthe II world war and then rebuilt in the sixties.


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BeneventowitchesThe legend of the witches

dancing around a nut-tree

comes from theLongobards, in fact it wasthe warriors who first didthe dance. Saint Barbatohelped by Teodorata, wife

to the Longobard duke, in664 converted toChristendom the newowners of Benevento and

ordered to cut down thetree and also forbid tovenerate the golden viper.But the legend says thatfrom the roots of the treeanother snake was born


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The Romantheatre

The Roman Theatre issituated in the heart ofBenevento historicalcentre not far fromPortArsa. Its

construction startedunder the emperorAdrian and finished atthe end of the secondcentury: it has a 90 mt

diameter and threeorders of arcades butthe upper orders aremissing. In a good stateare the stage, which has

been recently restored,


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SantaSofias

The church was

completed by Arechi II,

duke of Benevento, andwas inaugurated in 762

A.D. in order to keep the

relics of the protecting

saints of the Longobardpeople.

The church plant is half circular

and half star-shaped; it has two

concentric corridors, created by

pillars and columns, that form a

central hexagon and an external


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The corridors hold up the vault creating suggestive

effects of light and shades. The perimeter of the church

of Saint Sofia, delimits a a circumference that has a

diameter of meters 23,50. Inside the church there are

visible visible traces of the original frescos of the VIII

and IX sec. On the left one the history of S. Giovanni

Battista, with the angel that announces the next birth

represented of his child and Saint Zaccaria, is

represented. In the fresco on the right is the

Santa Sofias


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The Arch of Trajanus

The arch of the Trajanus

was erected to celebratethe extension of theAppia street in thestretch betweenBenevento and Brindisi,

and it was dedicated tothe Emperor Trajanus114 A.D. It is among thebest preservedmonuments of theRoman age, and is mt15,60 toll and mt 8,60wide. It is decorated withadmirable bas-reliefsthat celebrate theachievements of the

Trajanus age.


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The Castle of theRectors

A beautiful oldtown situatedinCampania.Thecastle of Rectoris one of theloveliest

castles in thecountry.It wasfirst built in theninth century.

Is situated inPiazza 4thNovember.Today it is favoritewith visitors for

its beautiful
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Class III E: Rosa Molinaro

Hortus

conclususThe garden is a

permanent open-air exhibition ofMimmo Paladinosworks. The statues

contrastharmonically withRoman remainswhich witness theancient andcomplex culture ofBenevento andSannio region.


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Class III E: Giovanni De Cianni

Padre Pio from Pietrelcina

Pietrelcina is the perfect place if

you want to spend a day faraway from the noise and chaos

of the city ,and be at place with

yourself and your own soul.

Pietrelcina is a little village onthe Sannio hills. It is about 12

km from Benevento which is the

capital of the province.

The origins of Pietrelcina arevery remote, but this isnt the

main reason why it is different

from many other little towns in

the province.


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Padre Pio

Pietrelcina is a blessed town,and it was made such by

Padre Pio, the most famous of

its children.

Padre Pio was born and many

pilgrims come and visit the

places where he grew up. In

Pietrelcina every stone seems

to talk about the saint, every

breath of wind seems to carry

his fragrance because this

monk has left an indelibletrace on whatever he saw,


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Class III E: Giovanni Pirozzi

A metropolitanlegendThis story happened ten

years ago: one day twoboys saw a beautiful girlin the street and went toher. She didnt speak andthey couldnt see her

eyes because she kepther head bent. They wentto Pizzeria romana andthe boys offered her a

meal. The girl was veryslim but, in spite of that,she ate 15 chickens and20 hamburgers!!



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A metropolitanlegendFinally the girl asked the boys

to give her a lift to Ponticelli,the district of Beneventowhich is near the cemetery.

They remained in the car andwatched her entering a door.

Soon after she went out againheading for the cemetery.After a while a lightening hither, she rose in the air andthen disappeared. The

morning after the cemeteryguardian found the boys in thecar frozen by fear! I hope youwill believe this story because,

even if it sounds absurdIT IS TRUE!!!lClass III E: Giovanni Pirozzi

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