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Candida

Province of Avellino, Region Campania, Italy

The first human settlements in the territory date back to the Roman times. Many ruins were found in the localities of Cesine, Vigna, Selvetelle, Scandravoli, Giardino, Ponticelli, Gaudi, Toppa S. Andrea. The name of the town derives from the Latin "locus candidus" that means clear, shining place.

INFO: Altitude: 579 m a.s.l hilly * Population: ca. 1100 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 83040 -- Phone Area Code: 0825

HISTORY: The first historical mention of the town appeared in 1045 when Candida was included, under the Lombard domination, in the Avellino county. From that time many feudal lords followed one another. The Filangieri family owned the fiefdom from 1187 with Alduino de Candida until 1420 when Caterina Filangieri gave Candida as a dowry to Sergianni Caracciolo. Then the fiefdom passed to the De Cardona, Magnacervo, Grimaldi, Saulli families back to the Caracciolos that kept it until the abolition of the feudal system.

SURNAMES: [96 different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]
(the number after each surname refers to the number of families - no number means one family)

ACCOMANDO * ALBANESE 12 * AMATIELLO 2 * BALDASSARRE * BILOTTO MAFFEO 3 * BIONDI 2 * BRUNO 30 * CALASANZIO * CAPONE 2 * CAPUTO 14 * CARPENTIERO * CASTELLANO * CAVALLONE 5 * CEGLIA * CHIANESE * CIARLA * COCOZZA * COLELLA * CONTRADA 5 * COPPOLA * COVONE * CRISTOFANO * CURATO 2 * CUTILLO 7 * D'AMORE 6 * D'IPPOLITO 2 * DE BENEDICTIS * DE CICCO * DE CRISTOFARO * DE FALCO * DE FEO 2 * DE LAURI 3 * DE LORENZO 7 * DE MAGISTRIS * DE MARINIS * DE RUGGIERO * DELLA PORTA * DI GIOVANNI * DI NOIA 4 * ESPOSITO * FERRARA 3 * FERRO 2 * FESTA * FIORE 4 * GALLONE * GARGANO * GELSOMINO * GRASSO * GUERRIERO * IANNONE * IANTOSCA 3 * IOANNA * MAFFEO 13 * MANFRA 3 * MANGANIELLO 2 * MARINO 6 * MARRONE * MARTIGNETTI 8 * MASTROBERARDINO 4 * MAULELLA * MORASSI * MORRONE D'AMORE 3 * MOSCHELLA 2 * NAPPI * NAZZARO 2 * NIRO IANDIORIO * OLIVA * PAGLIUCA 3 * PARZIALE 5 * PASCUCCI 9 * PENZA * PERCOPO * PETRILLO * PETRUZZIELLO 2 * PICONE 2 * POLCARO 6 * PORTANOVA * PRUDENTE 2 * RAIMONDI * RIGIONE 6 * RINALDI * ROMANO 3 * ROSSI * RUSSO 4 * SALVATORE 2 * SANTOLI * SANTORO * SARNO 4 * SCANDONE 3 * SESSA * SILANO * TRENTO * TROMBETTA * VEGA 18 * VITAGLIANO * ZIRPOLO *

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