Castel Volturno
| Castel Volturno | |
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| Comune | |
| Comune di Castel Volturno | |
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 Castel Volturno
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| Coordinates: 41°3′N 13°55′E / 41.050°N 13.917°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Caserta (CE) |
| Frazioni | Bagnara, Baia Verde, Borgo Domizio, Destra Volturno, Ischitella, Scatozza, Seponi, Villaggio Coppola Pinetamare, Villaggio del Sole. |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dimitri Russo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 72.23 km2 (27.89 sq mi) |
| Population (30 September 2015) | |
| • Total | 25,292 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Castellani |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 81030 |
| Dialing code | 0823 (communal seat), 081 (Villaggio Coppola Pinetamare) |
| Patron saint | San Castrese |
| Saint day | February 11 |
| Website | Official website |
Castel Volturno (Italian pronunciation: [kaˈstɛl volˈturno]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northwest of Naples and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Caserta on the Volturno river.
Castel Volturno was a settlement of the Oscans and then of the Etruscans, who called it Volturnum, and was a trade point on the road to Casilinum and Capua. Volturnum became a Roman colony in 194 BC and, in 95 AD, it was reached by the Via Domitiana, and received a large bridge connecting the two shores of the river with the same name.
The town decayed after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and, in 806, Duke Grimoald I of Benevento gave its port to the abbots of Montecassino. In 841 it was ravaged by Saracens. After 856, the Lombard bishop Radipert had a castle built on what remained of the bridge. After a period under local counts, in 1062 it was again given to Montecassino while in 1206, Frederick II donated it to the archbishops of Capua.
Alfonso V of Naples gave it to his daughter, but, when her husband, Duke Marino of Sessa, rebelled, besieged it and destroyed part of the walls (1460). The following year the king sold it to the city of Capua, which held it until the abolition of feudalism in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1810. In 1812 it became an autonomous commune. In 1860 it was annexed to the newly unified Kingdom of Italy.
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