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Santa Lucia di Serino

Province of Avellino, Region Campania, Italy

In ancient times the village was a hamlet of Serino. In the Acquara district there are the remains of an important Roman aqueduct which supplied the military port of Misero through the Sarno valley. S.Lucia was a fiefdom of the Tevilla family, then in 1561 became an independent "universitas". In 1880 Giuseppe Moscati was born here; he became a doctor, and distinguished himself in helping the poorest and weakest, and was recently made a saint and is buried now in the church of Gesł Nuovo in Naples.

INFO: Altitude: 400 m a.s.l * Population: ca. 1400 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 83020 * Phone Area Code: 081 * Patron Saint: Santa Lucia * Frazioni & Località: San Rocco

WHAT TO SEE
  • The church of SS.Apostoli Pietro e Paolo, which dates back to the 17th century where numerous works of sacred art are kept.
  • Worth seeing In the end Worth visiting also the nearby S.Rocco church (XIX century) and the remains of the roman aqueduct in Acquara.
  • The Monastery of Santa Maria della Sanitą, built in the 17th century adorned with lately restored frescos, paintings and mosaics, is very interesting too.
  • Palazzo Moscati, a nineteenth-century elegant residence where San Giuseppe Moscati

  • SURNAMES: [159 different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]
    (the number after each surname refers to the number of families - no number means one family)
    ADDIVINOLA 3 * ALFIERI * ANTIGNANO * APICELLA * ARCOPAGITA * AURILIA 2 * BARDARO * BARONE * BARRELLA * BELL * BERNARDO * BOTTIGLIERO * BOVE 3 * BREVETTI * BRIGLIADORO 2 * BRUNO * BUONFIGLIO MARICONDA * CALORE * CARIA * CAROFALO * CAVALLARO * CELLA 3 * CHIARELLI 2 * CIANCIULLI * CIOPPA * CLEMENTE MASUCCI * CONTE * COSTABILE * D'AGOSTINO * D'AMORE * D'ANGELO * D'ANIELLO * D'ASCOLI * DE BIASE 6 * DE BIASI * DE CARLO * DE CICCO 2 * DE CRISTOFARO 5 * DE FEO 3 * DE LUCA 31 * DE NICOLAIS 4 * DE PIANO 9 * DE SIMONE 5 * DE STEFANO * DE VITA * DELLE GRAZIE * DI DONATO * DI GIOVANNI * DI MEO * DI PAOLA * DI SAPIA 2 * DI SAPIO * DI ZENZO 2 * DISCEPOLO 2 * DORINO * FEOLI 4 * FIANO 2 * FILODEMO * FORMISANO * FRONTIGNANO 3 * FRUNCILLO * GERARDO 4 * GINOLFI * GIRGENTI * GIUSTIGNANI 2 * GLORIANTE5 * GRIECO * GRIMALDI * GUADAGNO * GUARINO * GUIDONI * HAMROUNI * IANNUZZI * LA MARCA 3 * LEPORE 2 * LOMBARDI * LONGOBARDI * LORIA * LUCE * LUCIANO 8 * MAFFEI 4 * MANFRA 2 * MANISCALCHI * MANZO * MARAIA * MARENA 3 * MARGHERITA * MARICONDA 27 * MARINELLI * MARRANZINI 11 * MARTONE 7 * MASCARO * MASUCCI 11 * MATARAZZO * MESCE * MONTE 2 * MONTELLA 3 * MOSCATI * MOTTOLA * NAPPA * NASTA 4 * NIGRO * NUZZO 4 * OLIVA 2 * OLIVIERO * PAGLIA * PAGLIARULO * PALUMBO * PAUCIELLO * PELOSI 2 * PENNA * PETITO 2 * PICARDI * PICARDO 7 * PICONE * PIEMONTE * PIROLI * PISACRETA 12 * PISACRETA * PISANO * POLIDORO 6 * PREZIOSI 5 * PRUDENTE * QUARTULLI * RAIA * RENZULLI * RIZZO 2 * RODIA 5 * ROMEI LEPORE * ROMEO 3 * SALOMONE * SANTANIELLO * SANTORO 2 * SARNO * SAVINO 3 * SBORDONE * SCAURO * SCIPIONI * SENECIONE 2 * SIMBOLO * SINISCALCHI * SOSSIO 3 * STELLA 3 * STRIANO * TARANTO * TEDESCHI 8 * TEREBINTO * TROISI * TROMBETTA * URCIUOLI * URSSO 2 * VENEZIA * VERDERAME 2 * VIOLA * VISTOCCA * VISTOCCO 2 * VITO * VOIRA * ZICCARDI *
     
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