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Melito Irpino, Campania, Italy

This small town is located on the right side of the river Ufita. The old part of the town, now abandoned, has only the ruins of a castle built by the Normans and restored in Aragonese times.

In the past it was fiefdom of the counts of Ariano and later under the Gesualdo, Marra, Aquino, Caracciolo and Pagano families. The modern area is where the population moved after the 1962 earthquake. The new town rises in a beautiful pinewood around the commercial area.

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Info

Altitude: 242 m a.s.l Territory: hilly * Population: ca. 2000 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 83030 -- Phone Area Code: 0825 * How to reach it: from the highway Napoli-Bari towards Grottaminarda continue till you reach Melito or with A1 go past Rome, towards Caianello, continue to Benevento and from here take A14 towards Grottaminarda. * Patron Saint: S. Egidio celebrated on First of September * Frazioni & Localities: Cozza, Difesa Grande, Fontana del Bosco, Incoronata, Orticello

What to see

  • Ruins of the Medieval castle, with a cylindrical tower and stone walls.
  • The church of the Incoronata, with one nave and the tower bell on three levels.

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