Province of Benevento
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The province of Benevento (Italian: provincia di Benevento) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Benevento.
Geography
The province has an area of 2,071 km2,
The territory of the province of Benevento closely approximates that of the
The lowest point is in the comune of Limatola (44 meters above sea level), while the highest point is Monte Mutria (1822 meters),[4] one of the mountains of the Matese range, which separates the province of Benevento from Molise.
Main sights
Benevento
The importance of Benevento in classical times is vouched for by the many remains of antiquity which it possesses, of which the most famous is the triumphal arch erected in honour of Trajan by the senate and people of Rome in 114, with important reliefs relating to its history. Enclosed in the walls, this construction marked the entrance in Benevento of the Via Traiana, the road built by the Spanish emperor to shorten the path from Rome to Brindisi. The reliefs show the civil and military deeds of Trajan. A great part of the arch is decorated with scenes in bas relief: particularly the pillars directed to the town represent scenes of peace and military scenes. The two faces of the Arch are identical in the arrangement of the reliefs. That the reliefs are for the most part not merely fanciful, nor chiefly conventional and decorative in theme and treatment, is also clear at first sight. They plainly refer to actual events and actions in the life of Trajan, whose effigy, sometimes decapitated, appears in all but two of them, one of which is the only one on all the Arch that is substantially defective.[5] The height of the monument is of 15,60 meter, with an arch of 8 meter, a structure composed of limestone rocks and a marble covering. The arch was put during the Middle Age in the fenced area of the town, in order to represent the Porta Aurea, on account of its fair proportions and the wealth and excellence of its sculptural adornments.[5]
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Montesarchio
Mains sights of Montesarchio are:
- The Kings of Two Sicilies.
- Abbey of St. Nicholas.
- Church of St. Francis.
- Ancient marble fountain, in the main square.
Sant'Agata de' Goti
Mains sights of Sant'Agata de' Goti are:
- Cathedral (Duomo), founded in the 10th century, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. Due to the repeated reconstruction, little remains of the original edifice. The Romanesque crypt shows parts which could belong to several pre-existing buildings, including Roman or earlier ones.
- Church of Santa Menna (10th century).
- Castle, used as Ducal Palace.
- Palace and church of St. Francis (1282).
- Gothic church of the Annunziata (13th century). It houses 15th-century frescoes, and a diptych of the Annunciation dating to the same age.
- The Council Room in City Hall was decorated in 1899 by Vincenzo Severino.
San Marco dei Cavoti
Mains sights of San Marco dei Cavoti are:
- Torre Provenzale ("Provençal Tower"), a 14th-century jail later turned into a bell tower.
- Church of Maria SS.del Carmine (14th century), remade and provided with new frescoes in the 18th century.
- Rural church of Santa Barbara' (16th century)
- Palace Jelardi (18th century)
References
- ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed 16 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Provincia di Benevento" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Provincia di Benevento" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Provincia di Benevento" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ a b Truesdell Merrill, Elmer (1901). "Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association - Some Observations on the Arch of Trajan at Beneventum". The Johns Hopkins University Press. 32: 43–63 – via JSTOR.
- ^ a b c public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Benevento". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 727–728. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
- Official website (in Italian)