Pietraroja
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| Comune | ||
| Comune di Pietraroja | ||
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| Coordinates: 41°21′N 14°33′E / 41.350°N 14.550°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Campania | |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Benevento (BN) | |
| Frazioni | Mastramìci, Potéte | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Angelo Pietro Torrillo | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 35.7 km2 (13.8 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 818 m (2,684 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2015) | ||
| • Total | 553 | |
| • Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Pietrarojesi (Petriàni in dialect) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 82030 | |
| Dialing code | 0824 | |
| Patron saint | Saint Nicholas | |
| Saint day | December 6 | |
| Website | Official website | |
Pietraroja is a mountain comune (municipality) in the province of Benevento in Campania, southern Italy. It is c. 50 km by car from Benevento, in direction north-west, 83 km from Naples in direction north-east and c. 223 km from Rome in direction south-east.
Pietraroja is the second comune by altitude (818 m above s.l.) of the province; it is limited to north from the western side, oasis of natural protection, of mount Mutria (1,823 m) in the southern chain of the Matese mounts (Apennines), to the border with comune of Guardiaregia in the region Molise. Its territory constitutes the high valley of the river Titerno, surrounded to north from Mutria and from Santa Crocella pass. Between these last two, in the place named "Tre Valloni", are the sources of the Titerno whose waters join with those of the torrent named "Acqua Calda" and, coasting along the buttress of Mount Mutria, they go down in the plain of Cusano Mutri passing through a canyon, delimited to north from the rocky table named Civita of Cusano Mutri and to south Civita of Pietraroja. In the Moschiaturo mountain is the source of other principal torrent, the Torbido, which crosses Métole and Potéte to east and to south of Pietraroja and flows in the plane of Civitella Licinio, hamlet of Cusano Mutri in which it meets the Titerno.
Pietraroja has Samnite origin and has occupied various sites in its territory, currently on its fourth definitive site erected after the catastrophic earthquake of June 5, 1688. Its territory is part of the central-southern zone of the Apennines included between the Mainarde mountains and the Matese massif, inhabited in the antiquity by Pentri Samnites that set their capital in Bojano.
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