San Marco dei Cavoti
Encyclopedia
San Marco dei Cavoti is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Benevento
in the Italian
region Campania
, located near the Fortore
River valley.
San Marco is one of the best-known places in Italy for the production of torrone. There are around 10 companies in the production of this product, mainly family owned.
In the past the internal economy was dominated by textile productions, but in the last year the production fell along with the Italian trends.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province 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...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Campania
Campania
Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...
, located near the Fortore
Fortore
The Fortore is a river which flows through the provinces of Benevento, Campobasso and Foggia in southern Italy. It has a length of 110 km....
River valley.
San Marco is one of the best-known places in Italy for the production of torrone. There are around 10 companies in the production of this product, mainly family owned.
In the past the internal economy was dominated by textile productions, but in the last year the production fell along with the Italian trends.
Main sights
- 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)