Montesarchio
Comune in Campania, Italy
Muntesarchio (Neapolitan)
Città di Montesarchio
View of the hamlet Latonuovo with the Tower and the Castle, and Monte Taburno on the background
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Coordinates: 41°3′40″N 14°38′0″E / 41.06111°N 14.63333°E / 41.06111; 14.63333
Benevento (BN)
Varoni, Cirignano, Tufara Valle
Francesco Damiano
300 m (1,000 ft)
(1 January 2020)[3]
500/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Montesarchiesi
Sarchiesi
ISTAT code
Saint Nicholas[4]
Saint day
Montesarchio (Neapolitan: Muntesarchio; Latin: Caudium; Ancient Greek: Καύδιον, romanized: Kaúdion) is a comune in the Province of Benevento, Campania, southern Italy. It is located 18 kilometres (11 miles) south-west of Benevento in the Valle Caudina at the foot of Monte Taburno. The commune was granted the official status of City (Città) by a presidential decree of 31 July 1977.[5]
1.1 Ancient era
1.2 Middle Ages and contemporary era
2 Main sights
3 Twin towns – sister cities
Ancient era[edit]
Montesarchio is the site of ancient Caudium, an ancient city of Apulia et Calabria, situated on the road from Beneventum (modern Benevento) to Capua. It seems probable that it was in early times a place of importance, and the capital or chief city of the tribe called the Caudini; but it bears only a secondary place in history. It is first mentioned during the Second Samnite War, 321 BCE, when the Samnite army under Gaius Pontius encamped there, previous to the great disaster of the Romans in the neighbouring pass known as the Caudine Forks;[6] and again, a few years later, as the headquarters occupied by the Samnites, with a view of being at hand to watch the movements of the Campanians.[7] The town of Caudium is not mentioned during the Second Punic War, though the tribe of the Caudini is repeatedly alluded to.
A view of Montesarchio
Niebuhr supposes the city to have been destroyed by the Romans, in revenge for their great defeat in its neighbourhood; but there is no evidence for this. It reappears at a later period as a small town situated on the Appian Way, and apparently deriving its chief importance from the transit of travellers:[8] the same causes preserved it in existence down to the close of the Roman Empire.[9] It received a colony of veterans; and it appears from Pliny, as well as from inscriptions, that it retained its municipal character, though deprived of a large portion of its territory in favor of the neighboring city of Beneventum.[10] The period of its destruction is unknown: the name is still found in the 9th century, but it is uncertain whether the town still existed at that time.
The position of Caudium is fixed by the Itineraries, which all concur in placing it on the Appian Way, 21 Roman miles from Capua, and 11 from Beneventum.
Middle Ages and contemporary era[edit]
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, in the 7th century a Lombard nobleman called Arcolo founded a shelter and fought against Charlemagne. In that occasion the town was fortified and a tower, still visible today, was built at the summit of the hill.
Later the castle was rebuilt, but the Normans destroyed it. The Castello di Montesarchio was again rebuilt in the 15th century. Feudatories who held Montesarchio include, starting from the 13th century, D'Aquino, Della Leonessa, Caracciolo, Carafa and D'Avalos, who owned it until the abolition of feudality in 1805.
Main sights[edit]
The D'Avalos Castle, later turned into a jail by the Bourbon Kings of Two Sicilies.
Abbey of St. Nicholas.
Church of St. Francis.
Ancient marble fountain, in the main square.
Twin towns – sister cities[edit]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy
Montesarchio is twinned with:[11]
La Garde, France (1977)
Bethlehem, Palestine (2006)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Montesarchio.
^ "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.
^ "Resident population". Istat. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Comune di Montesarchio". Comuni di Italia. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ Statuto del Comune, articolo 3 Archived 2007-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
^ Livy ix. 2)
^ Id. ix. 27.)
^ Hor. Sat. i. 5. 51; Strabo v. p. 249
^ Ptol. iii. 1. § 67; Itin. Ant. p. 111; Itin. Hier. p. 610; Tab. Peut.
^ Plin. iii. 11. s. 16; Lib. Colon. p. 232; Orelli, Inscr. 128, 131.
^ "Città (Menu) => Gemellaggi". comune.montesarchio.bn.it (in Italian). Montesarchio. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Montesarchio". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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