Conza della Campania
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Conza della Campania | |
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| Comune di Conza della Campania | |
 The new settlement, built after the 1980 earthquake. | |
Location of Conza della Campania | |
  Conza della Campania Location of Conza della Campania in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 40°52′N 15°20′E / 40.867°N 15.333°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Province | Avellino (AV) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Raffaele Cantarella |
| Area | |
| • Total | 51.64 km2 (19.94 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 440 m (1,440 ft) |
| Population (30 June 2017)[3] | |
| • Total | 1,345 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Conzani |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 83040 |
| Dialing code | 0827 |
| ISTAT code | 064030 |
| Website | Official website |
Conza della Campania (or Conza di Campania; formerly called Compsa, commonly known as Conza (Campanian: Cònze)) is a comune (municipality) and former Latin Catholic (arch)bishopric in the province of Avellino in the region of Campania in southern Italy.
History
[edit]Early history
[edit]Compsa was an ancient city of the Hirpini occupied by the Carthaginian conqueror Hannibal in 216 BC.
Medieval and modern history
[edit]During the Early Middle Ages, it was a gastaldate in the Principality of Salerno. In 973, the gastald (city-based Lombard royal domain district administrator and judge) Landulf seized the principality. Later, it belonged to the Balvano, the Gesualdo, and the Mirelli families.
Recent history
[edit]The town was almost completely destroyed by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. It was rebuilt in the area called Piano delle Briglie, 8 km (5 mi) from the former center. Conza della Campania is now a turistic attraction, since it can count among its territory the WWF Oasi, including the lake of Conza and the area outside. Conza della Campania has also about 10,000 visitors a year[citation needed] at its Archeological site, Compsa, discovered after the earthquake of 1980 that destroyed the old town.
Main sights
[edit]The main church is the Concattedrale (co-cathedral) of S. Maria Assunta. Other sights include the archaeological area of Compsa and the natural oasis of Lake Conza, an artificial basin on the Ofanto river.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Conza della Campania". Comuni italiani (in Italian).
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- Brief description on Italy World Club Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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