Benevento, Italy
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| Comune di Benevento | |||
Main landmarks in Benevento. Clockwise from the upper left: the Arch of Trajan, the church of Santa Sofia, the Cathedral's main portal, the castle and the Roman theatre
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 Benevento within the Province of Benevento |
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| Coordinates: 41°08′N 14°47′E / 41.133°N 14.783°E | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Campania | ||
| Province / Metropolitan city | Benevento (BN) | ||
| Frazioni | see list | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Clemente Mastella | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 129 km2 (50 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 135 m (443 ft) | ||
| Population (31 August 2015) | |||
| • Total | 60,169 | ||
| • Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Beneventani | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 82100 | ||
| Dialing code | 0824 | ||
| Patron saint | St. Bartholomew | ||
| Saint day | August 24 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
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Benevento [beneˈvɛnto] 
listen (Neapolitan: Beneviento) is a city and comune of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill 130 metres (427 feet) above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the Sabato. It is also the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop. The city has about 80,000 inhabitants including its adjacent municipalities.
Benevento occupies the site of the ancient Beneventum, originally Maleventum or still earlier Maloenton. The "-vent" portion of the name probably refers to a market-place and is a common element in ancient place names. The Romans theorized that it meant "the site of bad events", from Mal(um) + eventum. In the imperial period it was supposed to have been founded by Diomedes after the Trojan War.
Due to its artistic and cultural significance, the Santa Sofia Church in Benevento was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011, as part of a group of seven historic buildings inscribed as Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568–774 A.D.).
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