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INFO:
* Population: ca. 7000 inhabitants
-- Zip/postal code: 81011 -- Phone Area Code: 0823
HISTORY:
The present day town rises on the place of the Roman colony of Alliphae, an important communication center since the 1st century BC.
On the origin of Alife there are a number of legends: that it was founded by Noah, or by Hercules, or by the companions of Diomedes returning from the Trojan war, but it is very likely it was established by the Osci people in the 5th century BC.
During the second world war, in October1943, the city endured a terrible American bombing which killed half the population and destroyed a great part of the historical center.
WHAT TO SEE
the Roman Amphitheater still partly to be excavated, a little distance
from the walls along the road to f Telesia, 48 m. by 38, which was the fourth
largest amphitheater after the Coliseum and the amphitheaters of Pompei and Capua.
the Mausoleum of the Glabrioni Acilis, a rectangular U-shaped gallery,
over one hundred meters long, consisting of two vaulted locals connected
by 30 arches, with 21 square openings for the light, built mostly in "opus
incertum"
In Norman times the original Roman walls became a fortress with a castle
on one corner. The walls are 2.5 meters thick, and reach a height of 6 mt;
every 40 meters there are small sighting towers. Four doors open into the
walls, and the main streets (the ancient Roman decumanus and cardo maximus)
divide the town into four sections. More parallel streets originally divided
the Roman town into 48 rectangular sections.
The castle, probably an ancient Languebard garrison, was transformed by
the Normans into a fortress with high towers and surrounded by a ditch.
After a number of sieges and destruction during the Middle Ages, the castle
was finally severely damaged in 1561 by the troops of the Church State,
and never restored, so that now only the north-western tower can still be
seen.
In 2001 among the ruins the circular foundations of a Roman cylindrical tower
were found, and it seems more ruins are still to be excavated underground.
Cathedral of S. Sisto
EVENTS
In the first week of September there is the festival of the onion, when
typical dishes are served, and dance and competitions are held, among them
that for the biggest onion.
SURNAMES: [150 different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]
(the number after each surname refers to the number of families - no number means one family)
ADRAGNA * ALTRUDA * ASSALONE * BALDINI * BELLISARIO * BETTI * BOCCIA 2 * BOTTONE * BRUNO 2 * BUCCI 2 * CACCIOLA 2 * CAFASSO 2 * CAMPOPIANO * CANTELLI * CANTELMO 6 * CANTELMO DE SISTO * CAPORASO * CAPPELLI 5 * CAPPELLO 9 * CARBONE 7 * CARLONE 2 * CARTA 2 * CASABURO 2 * CATONE 2 * CIORLANO 2 * COCCHIARIELLO 3 * COCOZZA 3 * COLAMBASSI * COLELLA 5 * CORBI 5 * COVELLI 4 * CRISTALLINO * CUSANO VILLANO * D' AGOSTINO AGOSTINO * D' AGOSTINO 3 * D'ALESSIO 2 * D'AMICO 2 * D'ANGELO * DE CESARE 2 * DE CRISTOFANO 3 * DE DONATO * DE FILIPPO * DE SANTIS 23 * DE SISTO 2 * DE VIZIO * DI FIORE 5 * DI MATTEO * DI MUCCIO * DORICO * ESPOSITO * FALCO * FARINA 6 * FERRARO 2 * FRAGOLA * FUMANTE * FUSCO * GAROFANO * GENTILE 3 * GIANNATTASIO 3 * GILARDI * GIORGI * GRILLO 3 * GUGLIELMELLI * GUGLIETTA * IANNIELLO * IANNOTTA * IASIMONE PAPA * IMBROGLIA 17 * IMPROGLIA * IMUNDI * IOLLI 12 * IOLLI PISANO * IORILLO * IOVARO 4 * IZZO 3 * LA FAZIA * LANNI * LANZONE 10 * LANZONE DI MUCCIO * LEBBIO * LEONE * LOMBARDO * LONGOBARDI * LUPOLI * MACCHIA 4 * MALINCONICO 5 * MANCINI 8 * MANERA 5 * MARRA 2 * MARSELLA * MARTINELLI * MASIELLO 3 * MIELE 3 * MONTANARO 9 * MONTONE * MORRA * NASSA * NEGRI * NERI * NISIO 2 * NOVIELLO * PALMIERI 2 * PAPA 10 * PATERNUOSTO 2 * PETRICCIONE * PETRUCCI * PEZZA * PEZZULLO * PINELLI * PISANO 7 * RAVIELLE * REALE * REGA 2 * RICCIO 4 * RICCITELLI 3 * RICO 4 * RINALDI 6 * RISTORANTE REALE * ROBBIO 2 * ROMANO 3 * ROSSI * RUSSO 4 * SANGIULIANO * SANNINO * SAPIENTE 9 * SCAPPATICCIO 2 * SCUNCIO 2 * SCUNGIO * SENATORE * SIMEONE * STOCCHETTI 3 * TALLARICO * TALONE * TARDUGNO * TARTAGLIA 9 * TESTA * TOSCANO 12 * TOSCANO SCAPPATICCIO * TOTINO * TRANCHEDONE 6 * TRAPANI * VALENTE * VALLETTA * VESSELLA 3 * VIETRI * VIGGIANO 3 * VILLANI 8 * VITALETTI 2 * VOTTA * ZOMPA 2
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