Apice

Apice
Country	Italy
region	Campania
province	Benevento (BN)
Coordinates	41 ° 7 ′ N , 14 ° 56 ′ E Coordinates: 41 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ N , 14 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ E
height	245 m slm
surface	48.8 km²
Residents	5,537 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	113 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	82021
prefix	0824
ISTAT number	062003
Popular name	Apicesi
Patron saint	San Giovanni Battista (June 24th)
Website	Apice

Apice is a municipality in Italy in the Campania region in the Benevento province with 5537 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). She is a member of the mountain community Comunità Montana del Fortore .

geography

Location of Apice in the province of Benevento

The municipality is located about 11 km east of the provincial capital Benevento on the Calore Irpino river . The neighboring municipalities are Ariano Irpino ( AV ), Bonito ( AV ), Buonalbergo , Calvi , Melito Irpino ( AV ), Mirabella Eclano ( AV ), Montecalvo Irpino ( AV ), Paduli , San Giorgio del Sannio , Sant'Arcangelo Trimonte and Venticano ( AV ).

The districts are Calvano, Castel di Fiego, Corsano Scalo, Cupazzo, Fontana Fulla, Giardinelli, Monte, Morroni, Palata, Pazzano, Piano Tignano, Raitelle, Ripone, San Donato, San Martino, Santa Lucia, Sant'Antonio, San Teodoro, Selva, Starza and Vernacchini.

The place consists of a new housing estate built in the 1980s and the ghost town that was destroyed in an earthquake . Access to the ghost town is temporarily blocked for security reasons, but entry is not prohibited.

history

Street in the abandoned old town

There were several strong earthquakes in Apice as early as the 1930s and 1960s.

The historical part of Apice is now a ghost town. In a strong earthquake on November 23, 1980 , the city was abandoned by the 6500 inhabitants and was no longer rebuilt due to high costs. The community is considered a relic of the late 1970s, as a large number of items were not taken away. The mayor stayed there until 2007. In the historic Apice, a master hairdresser who lives outside runs a shop on the outskirts of the city that is not in danger of collapsing.

After the quake, Apice was rebuilt nearby and now houses most of the refugee residents in modern houses.

Attractions

In addition to some secular and sacred buildings in the new apice, the old palazzo and the church in the ruins of the ghost town are particularly worth seeing. These buildings are among the few buildings in the area that are not in danger of collapsing.