The Fortore is a river which flows through the provinces of Benevento

Province of Benevento

The Province of Benevento is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Benevento.It has an area of 2,071 km², and a total population of 289,455...

, Campobasso

Province of Campobasso

The Province of Campobasso is a province in the Molise region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Campobasso.It has an area of 2,909 km², and a total population of 230,692...

 and Foggia

Province of Foggia

The Province of Foggia is a province in the Apulia region of Italy.This province is also known as Capitanata, originally Catapanata, because during the Middle Ages it was governed by a catapan, as part of the Catapanate of Italy...

 in southern Italy

Italy

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. It has a length of 110 km.

The river rises from the slopes of Monte Altieri (888 m), on the Adriatic side of the Lucan Apennines, collecting the waters of four small streams, c. 4 km from San Bartolomeo in Galdo

San Bartolomeo in Galdo

San Bartolomeo in Galdo is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 90 km northeast of Naples and about 35 km northeast of Benevento, on a hill overlooking the valley of the Fortore river....

. From there it runs in a southerly direction through a narrow and twisting valley. After 22 km (14 mi), near Castelvetere in Val Fortore

Castelvetere in Val Fortore

Castelvetere in Val Fortore is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 90 km northeast of Naples and about 35 km northeast of Benevento in the upper valley of the Fortore River ....

, it exits from the province of Benevento. In its lower course it forms the border between the provinces of Campobasso and Foggia. The Fortore flows into the Adriatic Sea

Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...

 not far from Lake Lesina

Lake Lesina

Lake Lesina , situated in the north of Puglia between Tavoliere delle Puglie and the promentary of Gargano is the ninth largest lake in Italy and the second of the southern part of the country...

.

See also

• Battle of Civitate
  Battle of Civitate
  The Battle of Civitate was fought on 18 June 1053 in Southern Italy, between the Normans, led by the Count of Apulia Humphrey of Hauteville, and a Swabian-Italian-Lombard army, organised by Pope Leo IX and led on the battlefield by Gerard, Duke of Lorraine, and Rudolf, Prince of Benevento...