Valle di Maddaloni
Valle di Maddaloni | |
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Comune di Valle di Maddaloni | |
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Postal code | 81020 |
Dialing code | 0823 |
Website | Official website |
Valle di Maddaloni is a comune (municipality) of 2 661 inhabitants in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of Naples and about 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Caserta.
In the communal territory is the
Origins of the name
The name has a clear origin: it derives from the Latin vallis valle. The Maddaloni specification identifies the area. In the past it was known with the name of Valle Tifantina, in reference to the neighboring mountains.
History
The time of foundation of Valle di Maddaloni is not known, but its birth seems to be closely linked to the presence of a castle built on a hill not far from the original settlement in the early Middle Ages. The castle had to endure the raids of the Goths, the
The field of the coat of arms of Valle di Maddaloni, is of the truncated type, that is divided into two horizontal registers, this type of subdivision appears for the first time, among the coats of arms and gonfalons, in the fourteenth century. In the upper register there is the Annunciation, with the Archangel Gabriel on the left and the Blessed Virgin Mary kneeling on the right. The background of this field is a green background, a sign of victory, honor and abundance. In the lower register, however, there is a masonry castle with three towers, five windows and a central door, a symbol of nobility and feudal power, all on a blue background, a symbol of glory, virtue and firmness, a tone very present in the coats of arms. municipal. On the sides of this castle there is the inscription "Valle", which for reasons of "balance" has been divided for both sides.
Monuments and places of interest
- Carolino Acqueduct, in the municipality of Valle di Maddaloni are the Ponti della Valle, the Carolino aqueduct built by Luigi Vanvitelli to bring water from the sources of Mount Taburno to the Royal Palace of Caserta and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
- Monumento Ossario ai Caduti garibaldini, author of the project, for the architectural part was the engineer Carmelo Destino, while the sculptor Enrico Mossuti created the bronze statue depicting the winged victory and the stone high-reliefs with the portrait of the protagonists of the Garibaldi epic. The construction was carried out by Giuseppe Cozzolino.
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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- ^ "History".