Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi
Encyclopedia
Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi is a town and comune
in the province of Avellino
in the Campania
region of southern Italy
.
Castle. It is bordered by Guardia Lombardi
, Lioni
, Morra De Sanctis
, Nusco
, Rocca San Felice
, Torella dei Lombardi
and Villamaina
.
Nearby is the Benedictine
Abbey of San Guglielmo al Goleto.
who settled there around 1000 AD. The cathedral was originally built in the 11th century and was rebuilt in the 16th century. Also near the Piazza of Andrea is the castle of the Lombards, built around the first half of the 10th century. Initially it was a jail/prison/fort, and was later modified to serve as a castle. There is a small pathway that was constructed under the castle and from there it leads to the main town square where there lied an underground prison.
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:...
in the province of Avellino
Province of Avellino
The Province of Avellino is a province in the Campania region of Italy. The area is typified by many small towns and villages scattered across the province; in fact only two towns have a population over 20,000; its capital city Avellino and Ariano Irpino....
in the 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...
region of southern Italy
Italy
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.
Geography
Sitting on a hilltop near the Fredano river, the town is home to a cathedral and a LombardLombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
Castle. It is bordered by Guardia Lombardi
Guardia Lombardi
Guardia Lombardi is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy....
, Lioni
Lioni
Lioni is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. Its population was, in 2008, of 6,390 .-History:The town's name appears for the first time in a deed of gift dated 883, with which the Lombard prince Sicardo granted the abbess of S...
, Morra De Sanctis
Morra De Sanctis
Morra De Sanctis is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy....
, Nusco
Nusco
Nusco is a town and comune in the province of Avellino in the south of Italy, east of Naples, with c. 4,400 inhabitants. It is situated in the mountains between the valleys of the Calore lucano and Ofanto Rivers.-History:...
, Rocca San Felice
Rocca San Felice
Rocca San Felice is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy....
, Torella dei Lombardi
Torella dei Lombardi
Taurella dei Lombardi is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy....
and Villamaina
Villamaina
Villamaina is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy....
.
Nearby is the Benedictine
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
Abbey of San Guglielmo al Goleto.
History
The name "Sant'Angelo" derives from the town's patron saint Michael the Archangel. Lombardi is derived from the LombardsLombards
The Lombards , also referred to as Longobards, were a Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin, who from 568 to 774 ruled a Kingdom in Italy...
who settled there around 1000 AD. The cathedral was originally built in the 11th century and was rebuilt in the 16th century. Also near the Piazza of Andrea is the castle of the Lombards, built around the first half of the 10th century. Initially it was a jail/prison/fort, and was later modified to serve as a castle. There is a small pathway that was constructed under the castle and from there it leads to the main town square where there lied an underground prison.
Earthquake and reconstruction
The town was virtually destroyed by the magnitude 6.9 Irpina earthquake of 23 November 1980. The town has been almost completely reconstructed but the town has yet to "come back to life."External links
- www.goleto.it Abbey of San Guglielmo al Goleto