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AVELLINO , a city and episcopal see of Campania, Italy, the capital of the province of Avellino,1150 ft. above sea-level, 28 m. direct and 59 M. by rail E.N.E. of Naples, at the foot of Monte Vergine. Pop. (1901) 23,760. There are ruins of the castle constructed in the 9th or loth century, in which the antipope Anacletus II. crowned Count Roger II. king of Sicily and Apulia. AvelIino is the junction of lines to Benevento
east
village
amphitheatre in opus reticulatum, i.e. of the early imperial period, when Abellinum appears to have been the chief
The Monte Vergine (4165 ft.) lies 4 M. to the N.W. of Avellino; upon the summit is a sanctuary of the Virgin, founded in 1119, which contains a miraculous picture attributed to S. Luke (the greatest festival is on the 8th of September). The present church
baroque
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