Monte San Giovanni Campano
Monte San Giovanni Campano | |
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| Comune di Monte San Giovanni Campano | |
 The Castle. | |
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Location of Monte San Giovanni Campano  | |
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| Postal code | 03025 |
| Dialing code | 0775 |
| Patron saint | St. Thomas of Aquino, Maria SS.ma del Suffragio |
| Saint day | March 7 |
| Website | Official website |
Monte San Giovanni Campano is a
It is best known as the place where Thomas Aquinas was imprisoned by his family for two years. St. Thomas' cell now houses a 16th-century triptych of the Neapolitan School.
Monte San Giovanni is home to an 11th-century fortress, the Castello di Monte San Giovanni Campano. It was the first western fortification ever to be breached and captured using a bombardment from portable field artillery, when its castle was stormed by the troops of Charles VIII of France in a mere eight hours in 1495.
Monte San Giovanni was also a summer residence of Pope Adrian IV starting in 1155, and where sojourned the poet Vittoria Colonna.
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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