Piedimonte Matese

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Comune in Campania, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of Piedimonte Matese

41°21′N 14°21′E / 41.350°N 14.350°E / 41.350; 14.350CountryItalyRegionCampaniaProvinceCaserta (CE)FrazioniSepiccianoGovernment

• MayorLuigi Di Lorenzo^[1]Area

^[2]

• Total41.3 km² (15.9 sq mi)Elevation

165 m (541 ft)Population

(31 March 2017^[3])^[4]

• Total11,117 • Density270/km² (700/sq mi)DemonymPiedimontesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

81016

Dialing code0823Patron saintSt. MarcellinoSaint day2 JuneWebsiteOfficial website

Piedimonte Matese (pronounced [ˌpjɛdiˈmonte maˈteːze, -eːse]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region of Campania, located about 82 km north of Naples and about 40 km north of Caserta.

Geography

Piedimonte Matese borders the following municipalities: Alife, Campochiaro, Castello del Matese, Cusano Mutri, Guardiaregia, San Gregorio Matese, San Potito Sannitico and Sant'Angelo d'Alife.^[5] Up until 1945, Piedimonte Matese was located within the Province of Benevento. Before 1970 Piedimonte was known as Piedimonte d'Alife.

History

The Matese Legion was a group of 240 Italian volunteers that joined Giuseppe Garibaldi in the war for Italian unification in 1861. It was formed in the Piedimonte D'Alife district, now called Piedimonte Matese, in June 1860, and was officially established on 25 August in the same year.

Main sights

The church of San Biagio^[6] (15th century) houses late-Gothic frescoes with scenes from the Old and New Testament and histories of St. Blaise. The church of St. Thomas (or St. Dominic) was built in 1414. The Baroque church of San Salvatore was designed by Cosimo Fanzago. The Ducal Palace of Gaetani d'Aragona^[7] has kept some late Renaissance details. Its patron saint is San Marcellino.^[8] The church of Ave Gratia Plena, also known as the Church of the Annunciation (Chiesa dell’Annunziata), retains much of its baroque decoration.

The Civic Museum Raffaele Marrocco^[9] is an archaeology and arts museum in Piedimonte Matese.

Sports

Association football

Based in the Sepicciano area of Piedimonte Matese is the 4,000-seater Stadio Pasqualino Ferrante, a municipal stadium and home of Serie D (Girone F) club A.S.D. Football Club Matese. It was formerly the home of Eccellenza (Molise) club A.S.D. Tre Pini Matese and Promozione (Molise) side F.W.P. Matese.

International relations

Piedimonte Matese is twinned with:

Cervinara, Italy, since 2013
Seligenstadt, Germany, since 2010

References

^ "Piedimonte Matese. Il nuovo sindaco è Luigi di Lorenzo • Clarus". 12 June 2017.
^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ 41249 (x a j h) Piedimonte Matese on OpenStreetMap
^ "Cappella di San Biagio, Piedimonte Matese". Tripadvisor. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
^ "Palazzo Ducale d'Aragona (Piedimonte Matese) - 2021 All You Need to Know Before You Go (with Photos) - Piedimonte Matese, Italy". Tripadvisor. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
^ "Piedimonte Matese. Arriva la festa di San Marcellino e un gruppo di fedeli da Seligenstadt • Clarus". www.clarusonline.it (in Italian). Clarus. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
^ "Museo Civico Raffaele Marrocco (Piedimonte Matese) - 2021 All You Need to Know Before You Go (with Photos) - Piedimonte Matese, Italy". Tripadvisor. Retrieved 2021-07-24.