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Conza della Campania

Field	Value
name	Conza della Campania
official_name	Comune di Conza della Campania
native_name
image_skyline	Conza_della_campania-panorama.jpg
image_caption	The new settlement, built after the 1980 earthquake.
coordinates
region	Campania
province	Avellino (AV)
mayor	Raffaele Cantarella
area_total_km2	51.64
population_total	1345
population_as_of	30 June 2017
population_demonym	Conzani
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	440
istat	064030
postal_code	83040
area_code	0827
website

Conza della Campania or Conza di Campania, commonly known as Conza (; ancient name: Compsa) is a comune (municipality) and former Latin Catholic (arch)bishopric in the province of Avellino in the region of Campania in southern Italy.

History

Early history

Main article: Compsa

Compsa was an ancient city of the Hirpini occupied by the Carthaginian conqueror Hannibal in 216 BC.

Medieval and modern history

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

The town was almost completely destroyed by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. It was rebuilt in the area called Piano delle Briglie, 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 at its Archeological site, Compsa, discovered after the earthquake of 1980 that destroyed the old town.

Main sights

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.

References

Brief description on Italy World Club

References

"Conza della Campania".

Wikipedia Source

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