Introducing Benevento
Despite the ring of drab modern housing blocks that announces Benevento, the city boasts a lovely centre peppered with remnants of its ancient past. Nestled in the green hills of the Apennines, it was originally known as Maleventum but was renamed Beneventum after the Romans ousted the Samnites in 275 BC. Its golden age came around the 8th century when it controlled much of southern Italy as a Lombard duchy. In the 11th century it was transferred to the control of the papacy and remained mostly under papal rule until 1860.
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The helpful tourist office (0824 31 99 38; Piazza Roma 11; 8.30am-1.45pm & 2.45-6pm) is in the historic centre.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Train from Rome to Salerno
by neckervd 01 October 2010
Thanks Timothy. Irno is along the local line to Benevento and Duomo along the old line to Nocera. Both are of absolutely no interest for…
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RE: Matera: How to get there from Rome / Where to Stay / Car needed?
by neckervd 09 September 2010
Trains from Rome to Naples - Taranto stop at Potenza. If you want to go directly to Matera, take a train from Rome to Bari (via Benevento).…
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RE: Naples to Bari and onwards to Greece
by neckervd 15 August 2010
Fast bus (19 EUR): Naples Piazza Garibaldi (Centrale railway station) dp 13.30 - Bari Via Capruzzi (behind main railway station) ar 16.30…
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