Avellino

Avellino is a town and comune, capital of the province of Avellino within the Campania location of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by means of mountains 47 kilometres east of Naples and is an essential hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. Before the Roman conquest, the historic Abellinum become a centre of the Samnite Hirpini, located on the Civita hill a few 4 kilometres outside the contemporary city, in what is now Atripalda. The city could correspond to the ancient Velecha, documented with the aid of coins observed within the area.

Abellinum changed into conquered by the Romans in 293 BC, converting call numerous instances inside the following centuries. However, the construction of a real Roman city took place best after the conquest with the aid of Lucius Cornelius Sulla in 89 BC. The metropolis changed into Christianized round 500 AD, becoming an episcopal seat. There followed the invasions of the Goths and Vandals. After the Lombard conquest of southern Italy, the historical town became abandoned, and a new agreement grew on the Terra hill, similar to the contemporary Avellino.