Campobasso

Campobasso
Country	Italy
region	Molise
province	Campobasso  (CB)
Coordinates	41 ° 34 ′  N , 14 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  E
height	700  m slm
surface	55 km²
Residents	49,028 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	891 inhabitants / km²
Factions	Santo Stefano
Post Code	86100
prefix	0874
ISTAT number	070006
Popular name	Campobassani
Patron saint	San Giorgio (April 23)
Website	Campobasso
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Campobasso ( Italian for lower field ) is the capital of the Italian region of Molise and the province of Campobasso . The city is located in the Apennines 780 meters above sea level and has 49,028 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) on an area of ​​approx. 55 km².

The neighboring municipalities are Busso , Campodipietra , Castropignano , Ferrazzano , Matrice , Mirabello Sannitico , Oratino , Ripalimosani , San Giovanni in Galdo and Vinchiaturo .

Thanks to the writer Jan Weiler and his two novels " Maria, he tastes not taste " and "Antonio in Wonderland", the place achieved a certain level of awareness in the German- speaking world .

history

The origins and founding of the city are largely in the dark. Presumably it was built as a fortified camp by the Longobards at the foot of today's castle hill before the 8th century . Originally the place was called "Campus vassorum". After the Normans had conquered southern Italy in the 11th century, the settlement developed into a commercial and administrative center. The Monforte-Gambatesa ruled the city between 1330 and 1745. They had the castle and a coin built. Later the city belonged to the Di Capua, Gonzaga , Vitagliano , Carafa and various Roman families. In 1927 the Cathedral of Campobasso became the seat of the Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano .

Town twinning

• Ottawa , Canada
• Vladimir , Russia
• Banja Luka , Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Vastogirardi , Italy

sons and daughters of the town

• Achille Sannia (1822–1892), mathematician and senator
• Enrico D'Ovidio (1842–1933), mathematician
• Francesco D'Ovidio (1849–1925), Romanist
• Alessandro Pirzio Biroli (1877–1962), fencing general and Olympian
• Cipriano Facchinetti (1889–1952), politician (PRI)
• Alberto Bonucci (1918–1969), actor
• Fred Bongusto (1935–2019), singer and composer
• Tony Dallara (* 1936), singer and television star
• Roberto Antonelli (* 1938), actor
• Alberto Dell'Acqua (born 1938), actor

Cityscapes

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  Panorama with the bell tower of S. Bartolomeo

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  Old town

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  Palazzo del Centro Murattiano

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  Palazzo Municipale

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  Castello Monforte

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  Historical elevator

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  Piazza Prefettura

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  S.Bartolomeo

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  City center

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  Villa de Capoa

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  Parco di Villa de Capoa

Web links

Commons : Campobasso  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Abruzzen und Molise The standard work by Otto Lehmann-Brockhaus on the art and history of Abruzzo and Molise (1983) in digital new edition; with detailed location index

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Vladimir: Sister Cities