Mercogliano

Mercogliano is an Italian town of 12 369 inhabitants in the province of Avellino in Campania. The name Mercogliano appears to derive from Mercurianum which, in keeping with some scholars, would imply the presence in these places of possessions, praedia , magistri mercurial’s , magistrates, particularly freedmen, who administered the cult of Mercury .

Having arisen after the Samnite conflict, a Roman colony, the region retained the name of the region where, exactly, the cult of Mercury became venerated, till the Middle Ages with the name of Castrum Mercuriani, from which derives the cutting-edge name. The web page, however, till the 15en century additionally preserves within the equal civic coat of arms, the photo of the god Mercury. Of unique importance is a Roman army column located in Alvanella which confirms the presence of an essential arterial street that led and leads to Naples. Mercogliano, nevertheless a hamlet of Avellino, is noted for the first time in a report in 982. The improvement of the town continues within the year a thousand following the Norman conquest of southern Italy, which started out in 1030. At that point the castle turned into built.