Discover Campania - Il Castello

AVELLINO

Una città di continue rinascite

Lo sguardo abbraccia l’intera valle del Sabato, che appare ancora verde attorno alla città. E poi la catena del Partenio e, dalla parte opposta, i Monti Picentini. Un colpo d’occhio che rende giustizia alla bellezza del paesaggio irpino dal punto più alto di Avellino: una torre..

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MUSEUMS

Not only in the city or in the most populous centres. The discovery of Irpinia is also an unexpected encounter with museums of great value for the level of historical testimony, the value of the finds of different civilizations, the accuracy of the reconstructions.

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CASTLES

Guarding borders and essential communication routes for trade and the defense of fiefdoms and principalities, the ancient castles, mostly founded by Lombards and Normans, are witnesses of the harmony between nature and the work of man

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VILLAGES

Grown over time around the castles that ensured protection to the inhabitants, they are perched on cliffs and hills overlooking fertile valleys crossed by rivers. And of that ancient time they still retain, with the stones, all the original charm.

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SANCTUARIES

On the highest mountain of the Partenio chain that bears its name, stands the famous Marian sanctuary of Montevergine. Work of the patron saint of Irpinia, Fra Guglielmo da Vercelli, like the ruined abbey of Goleto

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ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES

Ancient ruins of civilizations that have followed one another over the centuries, but also towns now depopulated due to the whims of nature, which nevertheless retain the suggestions of a long human presence. This is how the Irpinia archaeological sites amaze…

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Avellino

The Casina del Principe was built by Camillo Caracciolo in 1591