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Luogosano

Province of Avellino, Region Campania, Italy

This medieval hamlet enchants visitors with its narrow stone lanes, lovely portals decorated by local artists between the 18th and 19th centuries, cast iron balconies. An ancient settlement of the bronze age was identified in the area of Monte dei Monti, and arches of a Roman bridge of the first century AD can still be seen in its territory.

INFO: Altitude: 390 m a.s.l hillside * Population: ca. 1300 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 83040 -- Phone Area Code: 0827

WHAT TO SEE
  • The church of Carmine, built with Roman ruins, dates back to the 18th century, and preserves fine paintings and statues.

  • SURNAMES: [82 different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]
    (the number after each surname refers to the number of families - no number means one family)
    ABATE * ALVINO 2 * ANDREOLI 3 * AUCONE * BISCAGLIA * BUONO 13 * CACCAVIELLO 5 * CARBONE 6 * CARUSO 4 * CATINO 10 * CERTOSINO * CERUNDOLO * COPPOLA * D ORSI * D'ANGERIO * D'ASCANIO 2 * D'ELIA 12 * D'ORSI 9 * DATTOLO 2 * DE ANGELIS * DE CATALDO * DE MAIO 6 * DEL BUONO 2 * DEL GIUDICE * DI CHIARA 3 * DI GREGORIO 33 * DI MAIO 9 * DI NAPOLI 13 * DI SPIRITO 2 * DI STASIO 42 * DI VITTORIO 2 * FERRANTE 62 * FERRARA * FESTA 2 * GAUDINO * GIORDANO 3 * GIOVINO * GRASSO * GREGORIO * GUARENTE 10 * IANNACO 3 * ITALIANI * LA VITA * LANDOLFI * LAURANO 3 * LEPORE 3 * LUMINI * MARTINO 4 * MASTANTUONI * MISSO * MOCCIA 2 * NATALE * ORLANDO * PACILLO 5 * PAGLIA * PALERMO * PARADISO * PASQUARIELLO * PELLEGRINAGGIO 2 * PENTA 2 * PEPE 6 * PETRILLO 2 * PETROCCIONE * PIERNI C2 * PISCOPO 2 * PORCIELLO 2 * QUAGLIA 3 * QUARENTE * RICCA 10 * RICCI 3 * ROMANO 2 * ROSATO * SARNI 12 * SCORZA * SELVETELLA * SPINELLI 2 * TAFURI * TODISCO 6 * VENTOLA * VENUTA 4 * VENUTI 7 * VESCE *