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Grottaminarda

Province of Avellino, Region Campania, Italy

This modern center is among the most important in the Ufita Valley. The original settlement, located in La Fratta, dates back to the Lombard domination. The earliest inhabited areas included Fratta and the Crypt known as the grotto of Sant'Angelo, the Saint most venerated by the Lombards. The word "Mainarda" was added from the first feudal lord, knight Trogisio called the Mainardo, because he had come from the French Region of Main.

INFO: Altitude: 405 m a.s.l * Territory: hillside * Population: ca. 8300 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 83035 -- Phone Area Code: 0825 * How to reach it: Autostrada Napoli - Bari, exit Grottaminarda * Frazioni & Località: Carpignano, Bosco Sant'Elia, Ciavolone, Conduttiello, Feudo Cortesano, Filette, Ischia Cardone, Marmo, San Martino, San Pietro, Schivito, Tremolizzi

WHAT TO SEE
The medieval village of Fratta
D'Aquino Castle
The Church of S. Maria Maggiore, built on a project by architect Vanvitelli
The "Fontana del Re", built in the 16th century
The Church of San Tommaso D'Aquino hosting a wooden group of the Pietà of the first half of the 16th century

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

Capobianco, De Luca

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