Teano
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| Comune di Teano | |
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| Postal code | 81057 |
| Dialing code | 0823 |
| Website | Official website |
Teano is a town and Diocese of Teano circa AD 300.
History
Ancient times and Middle Ages
The ancient Teanum Sidicinum was the capital of the
Alife.[3]
In the 4th century Teano became seat of a diocese, and was later an important Lombard county, as part of the
Montecassino
took refuge when their abbey was destroyed in 883. Here one of the first document of vulgare Italian was issued in 963.
"Handshake of Teano"
Teano was the site of the famous meeting of 26 October 1860, between Italian nationalist fighter
Victor Emanuel II, the King of Sardinia. Having wrested the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from the Neapolitan Bourbons, Garibaldi shook Victor Emanuel's hand and hailed him as King of Italy. Thus, Garibaldi sacrificed republican hopes for the sake of Italian unity under a monarchy. The event is a popular subject for Italian patriotic statues[4]
and paintings.
Main sights
- Roman remains of Teano include the theater (2nd century BC, rebuilt in the 2nd century AD), once one of the greatest in Italy with its 85 m of diameter, some extensive baths (Le Caldarelle) containing several statues, and some Roman dwellings. A tomb with a Christian mosaic representing the visit of the Three Wise Men to Bethlehem was found in 1907.[3]Of the famous amphitheater, cited by several sources, no traces remain.
- Cathedral of St Clement (also called San Giovanni Ante Portam Latinam), begun around 1050 and completed in 1116,[pergamum, with interesting parts from the original of the 12th century and a 14th-century Crucifix of Giotto's school, while the crypt houses a noteworthy Roman sarcophagus.
- Castle, built by the dukes of Sessa in the 15th century,[3] originating from a 4th-century BC fortress. In the Bourbon era it was used as prison.
Other sights include:
- Loggione, built over Roman baths in Gothic style.
- San Peter in Aquariis: 14th century church, built over a Palaeo-Christian edifice (in turn constructed over a Roman bath, whence the epithet in Aquariis, "on the water"). Recent restoration work has revealed precious Byzantine frescoes depicting St. Agatha, St Martha, and St Mark and John the Evangelist. The belfry is a rare example of Byzantine architecture in southern Italy.
- St Benedict, the most ancient church within the walls, built in the 9th century over a temple dedicated to Ceres. It has 12 granite and marble columns with antique capitals, and once housed precious Benedictine documents which went lost after a fire.
- San Paride ad Fontem: Paleo-Christian church located on the southeast site below the town. It was built over a Roman cisterna, whence the name (fons, fontis being Latin for a fountain or water source). Built originally in the 4th century, the current construction is from the 11th-12th centuries (extensively restored in 1988).
- Franciscan convent of St Anthony of Padua was built in 1427, according to tradition, by the will of Bernardino da Siena, who also lived here for some years.
Transportation
Teano is 7 kilometres (4 mi) from the gate of
Via Appia and SS.6 Via Casilina
. The city is also served by a railway station.
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Chisholm 1911.
- ^ For example, see entry for The Encounter of Teano, Fiesole.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Teano". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 486.
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