Benevento ( Italian: Provincia di Benevento ) - a province in the Italian region of Campania with the administrative center in the city of Benevento [1] .
| Province of Benevento ital. Provincia di Benevento | |
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| Scope : | Campania (Italy) |
| Capital: | Benevento |
| Square: | 2,071 km² |
| Population: | 287,042 people |
| Density: | 117 people / km² |
| Communes : | 78 |
| Mail indices: | 82010-82028, 82030-82038 |
| Tel codes: | 0823, 0824 |
| ISTAT Code: | 062 |
| Chapter: | Carmine nardone |
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Geography
History
Mention of the Duchy of Benevento begins in the 2nd half of the 6th century. In the middle of the VIII century, Benevento became a principality. In 1051 he recognized the authority of Pope Leo IX , from 1077 to 1860 he was part of the papal possession. In 1860 it became part of the Sardinian kingdom .
On February 26, 1266, a battle occurred at Benevento, after which Charles I of Anjou became king of Sicily and Naples .
In 1877, the armed rebellion of the Bakuninists was crushed.
Notes
- ↑ Benevento // Military Encyclopedia : [in 18 vol.] / Ed. V.F. Novitsky [et al.]. - SPb. ; [ M. ]: Type. t-va I. D. Sytin , 1911-1915.
Literature
- Benevent // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.