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Benevento

Benevento (UK: BEN-ə-VEN-toh; US: BAY-nay-, Italian: [beneˈvɛnto] ; Beneventano: Beneviento [bənəˈvjendə]) is a city and comune (municipality) 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. In 2020, Benevento has 58,418 inhabitants. It is also the seat of a Catholic archbishop. Benevento occupies the site of the ancient Beneventum, originally Maleventum or even earlier Maloenton. The meaning of the name of the town is evidenced by its former Latin name, translating as good or fair wind. 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.). A patron saint of Benevento is Saint Bartholomew, the Apostle, whose relics are kept there at the Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta.

Known in ancient times as: Beneventum/Maleventum

Periods/Settlements: hellenistic-republican, roman, late-antique, mediaeval-byzantine, modern

Distance between:

Rome to Benevento 130 Miles / 210 Kms
Milan to Benevento 412 Miles / 664 Kms
Venice to Benevento 324 Miles / 521 Kms

Postal Code 82100

Population 2020

Total: 58794
Total Men: 28030
Total Women: 28030

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Benevento Province of Benevento Campania Italy