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Encyclopedia > Province of Benevento
Province of Benevento
Nation  Italy
Region Campania
Capital Benevento
Area 2,071 km²
Population (2005) 289,455
Density 140
Comuni 78
Vehicle Registration BN
Postal Code 82010-82028, 82030-82038
Telephone Prefix 0823, 0824
ISTAT 62
President Carmine Nardone
Map highlighting the location of the province of Benevento in Italy

Benevento (Italian: Provincia di Benevento) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Benevento. Image File history File links Provincia_di_Benevento-Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Lazio to the north-west, Molise to the north, Puglia to the north-east, Basilicata to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... Benevento is a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 32 miles northeast of Naples. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Density, or volumic mass (ISO 31), is a measure of mass per given unit volume. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... Present Italian car number plates have black characters on a rectangular white background, with small blue side-fields on the right and left (see European vehicle registration plates). ... Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) is the Italian national statistical institute, roughly corresponding to the United States Census Bureau. ... Image File history File links Benevento_posizione. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Lazio to the north-west, Molise to the north, Puglia to the north-east, Basilicata to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... Benevento is a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 32 miles northeast of Naples. ...


It has an area of 2,071 sq km, and a total population of 289,455 (2005). There are 78 comuni (singular: comune) in the province [1], see Comuni of the Province of Benevento. In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... The following is a list of the 78 comuni of the Province of Benevento, Campania, in Italy. ...


External links

  • (Italian) Provincia di Benevento homepage



Europe | Italy | Campania
Avellino | Benevento | Caserta | Naples (Napoli) | Salerno



World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... Campania is a region of Southern Italy, bordering on Lazio to the north-west, Molise to the north, Puglia to the north-east, Basilicata to the east, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... Avellino (Italian: Provincia di Avellino) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. ... Caserta (It. ... Naples (It. ... Salerno (It. ...


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Benevento - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1387 words)
Benevento is a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 32 miles northeast of Naples.
In 758, Desiderius, king of the Lombards, briefly captured Spoleto and Benevento, but with the collapse of the Lombard kingdom in 773, Duke Arechi II was elevated to Prince under the new empire of the Franks, in compensation for having some of his territory transferred to the Papal States.
The importance of Benevento in classical times is vouched for by the many remains of antiquity which it possesses, of which the most famous is the triumphal arch erected in honour of Trajan by the senate and people of Rome in 114, with important reliefs relating to its history.
BENEVENTO - LoveToKnow Article on BENEVENTO (537 words)
Not long after it had been sacked by Totila Benevento became the seat of a powerful Lombard duchy and continued to be independent until 1053, when the emperor Henry III.
The castle at the highest point of the town was erected in the i4th century.
Benevento is a station on the railway from Naples to Foggia, and has branch lines to Campobasso and to Avellino.
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