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Marzano di Nola

Province of Avellino, Region Campania, Italy

The town rises on the slopes of Mount Visciano, on the borders between Irpinia and Naples. Agriculture is the main resource, thanks to the very fertile land, with a great quantity of grains, tomatoes and fruit, whose excellent quality is recognized all over the world (as for the sanmarzano tomato strain taking its name from the place). The origin of the word Marzano comes from the feudal lord Pandolfo da Marezzano; the ruins of a medieval tower are still visible, Turris Martiani, the dwelling of its rich owner. In the Middle Ages the town was part of the Lauro fiefdom, and a possession of the Orsini family and later of the Sanseverino, Pignatelli and, from 1638, of the Lancellotti that ruled it until 1806, when the feudal system was abolished.

INFO: Altitude: 120 m a.s.l hillside * Population: ca. 1600 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 83020 -- Phone Area Code: 081 * Patron Saint: San Trifone Martire * Frazioni & Località: Cerqueto, Fossato, Tavernola, Torre

WHAT TO SEE
  • Sanctuary of Madonna dell'Abbondanza, overlooking the urban centre, it was built at the end of the 14th century and restored in the 18th century
  • Medieval Tower
  • Archeological Area. In the surroundings of the cemetery, ruins of a Roman cistern and dwellings.

    • SURNAMES: [110 different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]
    (the number after each surname refers to the number of families - no number means one family)
    ACERRA * ADDEO 26 * ADDEO 39 * ARCIUOLO 2 * ARENA * ARIANO 27 * BARONE * BIASUCCI * CAIAZZO 2 * CALIENDO 9 * CARIGLIA * CASALINO 3 * CASCONE * CASTALDO 19 * CAVACCINI * CORBISIERO 39 * CORVISIERO * COZZOLINO * CRISCI 112 * D'ANDREA 3 * D'AVANZO 2 * D'ELIA * DANIELE * DE GIULIO * DE GREGORIO 4 * DE LUCIA * DE MARTINO * DEL MASTRO * DELLA PIETRA 21 * DELLE CAVE * DELLE DONNE 2 * ERCOLE * ESPOSITO * FERRANTE 7 * FERRARA * FOGLIA * FRANZESE 2 * GRANDI 3 * GRAZIANO 3 * GRECO * GUIDA * IOVINO 8 * ISERNIA 4 * LA MARCA * LANZARO 5 * MAFFETTONE * MAFFUCCI * MANFREDI * MANZO L * MAROTTA * MASCOLO 2 * MATTINA * MAURO * MEGLIO 6 * MELE * MENNA * MERCOGLIANO * MINIERI * MOCCIA * MONTANO * MOSCHIANO 4 * MURINO * MUTO 4 * NAPOLITANO8 * NAPPI 34 * NIOLA * NOFRIETTI * NUNZIATA 3 * PALMESE 2 * PARADISO3 * PARISI 2 * PASSARIELLO * PELUSO * PERILLO * PETRONE * PICCOLO * PIZZA * RAFFA * RAINONE 5 * RAPPUCCI * RAVO 2 * REGA 2 * RIBEZZO * RUSSO 2 * SALTARELLI * SANGERMANO * SANTAMATO * SAUTARIELLO * SCAFURO * SCIALO' * SEPE14 * SERINO * SICONDOLFI * SINISCALCHI * SIRIGNANO 4 * SORRENTINO 3 * STEFANILE * STRANO * TAFFURI * TAFURO * TORINO 3 * TREVETE * TUORTO 5 * VECCHIONE 17 * VETRANO * VIGLIOTTI * VISCARDI * VITALE * VITOLO * VIVENZIO 2 *
    		 
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