Places to see in ( Avellino - Italy )
Places to see in ( Avellino - Italy )
Avellino is a town and comune, capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. Before the Roman conquest, the ancient Abellinum was a centre of the Samnite Hirpini, located on the Civita hill some 4 kilometres (2 mi) outside the current town, in what is now Atripalda.
The city could correspond to the ancient Velecha, documented by coins found in the area. Abellinum was conquered by the Romans in 293 BC, changing name several times in the following centuries (Veneria, Livia, Augusta, Alexandriana, and Abellinatium). However, the edification of a true Roman town occurred only after the conquest by Lucius Cornelius Sulla in 89 BC.
The town was Christianized around 500 AD, becoming an episcopal seat. There followed the invasions of the Goths and Vandals. After the Lombard conquest of southern Italy, the ancient city was abandoned (it is disputed if completely or partly), and a new settlement grew on the Terra hill, corresponding to the modern Avellino. Defended by a castle, it became part of the Duchy (later Principality) of Benevento and, after the latter's fall, of the Principality of Salerno. In 1820 Avellino was seat of revolutionary riots. However, the Unification of Italy some fifty years later did not bring any benefit to the city, being cut off from the main railway line Naples-Benevento-Foggia, and far from the sea as well.
The 1980 Irpinia earthquake represented a turning point for the town and for the entire province of Avellino. Large amounts of money flowed in for infrastructure investment, and the extra money generated innovation and economic expansion more generally. By 2008 a per capita annual income level of €20,180 placed Avellino well above the regional average in terms of individual prosperity.
The station, located where the city limits of Avellino meet Atripalda, was once the terminus for passenger rail services to Benevento, Cancello, and Rocchetta Sant'Antonio. Avellino is served by two access points (Avellino Est/East and Avellino Ovest/West) on the A16 Autostrada (originally numbered A17, and known also as Autostrada of the two seas) which runs approximately west–east and links Naples to the west with Canosa and Bari on the farther side of the country.
Some ruins (mostly foundings) of the ancient Abellinum can be seen near the modern village of Atripalda, 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) east of modern Avellino. They include the forum, faced by some temples, baths, parts of the Serino aqueduct and a patrician domus. There was also an amphitheatre and a brothel. Avellino Cathedral, with its Romanesque crypt, stands on the site of a rich Roman villa which was built around 129 BC and abandoned after the eruption of Vesuvius, and an earthquake in 346 AD. The church and convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie were built in 1580. There are some remains of the Lombard castle in Piazza Castello (Castle Square). Because the castle was built at the base of a small valley, its tactical purpose continues to puzzle modern-day historians throughout Europe. The Fountain of Bellerophon was executed in the 17th century by Cosimo Fanzago.
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SOLOFRA (Avellino-Irpinia-Italy) - COLLEGIATA di SAN MICHELE ARCANGELO-Tour Completo-Esterno/Interno
La Collegiata di San Michele Arcangelo,iniziata nel 1522 sulla matrice di un'antica cappella si erge nella piazza omonina,il cuore del centro rinascimentale di Solofra.Nel vasto complesso architettonico e' presente l'opera di artisti solofrani: I Guarino e la loro bottega,i battiloro e gli scalpellini con il contributo di generazioni di Solofrani.Uno dei tesori d'arte della provincia di Avellino.Assolutamente da visitare.
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Campobello di Mazara del Vallo SS115 Sicily Italy Italien 13.10.2015
Der Weg ist das Ziel... komm fahr mit in meinem Goggomobil =G=
Sightseeing in Krisenregionen, Armenviertel, Bürgerkriegsgebieten.
Along radioactive Death-Zones, MOAs, No-Go and Civil-War Areas.
Super Tuscany - Photo Tour Bolgheri e Spiagge Bianche 2016
Workshop-tour fotografico nella zona del Bolgherese e spiagge bianche tenuto da Federico Neri Qualified Italian Photographer
AVELLINO ( Italy ) - LA CRIPTA DEL DUOMO -Guarda anche il video : IL DUOMO DI AVELLINO TOUR COMPLETO
Al livello inferiore della cattedrale e precisamente in corrispondenza del coro e della navata centrale e' la Chiesa di S.Maria detta poi dei Sette Dolori ( Cripta ),che costituisce quanto rimane della primitiva Chiesa Longobarda:conserva l'originale impianto a tre navate,con soffitto a volte sorrette da colonne in pietra.I capitelli che sormontano le colonne sono quasi tutti dell'epoca;hanno forma proto-romanica e presentano sobria fattezza.Due colonne,hanno capitelli di epoca piu' antica,provenienti da edifici romani della zona.Moltri altri avanzi della Ciesa primitiva,anche di epoca medievale,andarono dispersi ed alcuni di essi vennero murati durante i lavori dei vari restauri,come puo' osservarsi alla base del campanile.
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A DUE PASSI - FAETO E CELLE DI S. VITO
Visita ad altri due paesi del subappennino dauno: Faeto e Celle di S. Vito,il paese più piccolo della Puglia.
BORGHI AUTENTICI d'ITALIA: Calascio & Castelvecchio Calvisio
ABRUZZO - stunning view by drone
Land at Abruzzo Airport in Pescara and you can visit after 1/2h driving such a place in Abruzzo
La cantina, a tutto Sassicaia, dell'Hotel La Perla
''Il vino è vivo, ha un'anima, perché vive, cambia, si trasforma, evolve, come gli essere umani''. Alla scoperta di una delle cantine più prestigiose d'Italia, quella dell'Hotel La Perla, in Alta Badia, raccontata dal proprietario Michil Costa
Oltre 27.000 bottiglie dei nomi più prestigiosi dell'enologia italiana e mondiale, e la stanza dedicata al Sassicaia, ''esempio enoico della lungimiranza dell'uomo, senza il quale l'Italia del vino, forse, non sarebbe la stessa''