CAPUA (anc. Casilinum;, a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta, 7 M. W. by rail from the town oI Caserta. Pop. (1901) 14

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CAPUA (anc. Casilinum;, a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta, 7 M. W. by rail from the town oI Caserta. Pop. (1901) 14 ,285. It was erected in 856 by

Bishop

Landulf on the site of

Casilinum

CASILINUM (mod. Capua)

(q.v.) after the destruction of the ancient

Capua

CAPUA (anc.
Casilinum
- CASILINUM (mod. Capua)
;, a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta, 7 M. W. by rail from the town oI Caserta. Pop. (1901) 14
CAPUA (mod. S. Maria di Capua Vetere)

by the Saracens in 84o, but it only occupies the Ate of the

original

ORIGINAL

pre-Roman town on the left (

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

) bank of the river.
The

cathedral

CATHEDRAL

of S. Stefano, erected in 856, has a handsome atrium and a lofty Lombard campanile, and a (modernized) interior with three aisles; both it and the atrium have ancient granite columns. The Romanesque crypt, with ancient columns, has also been restored. It has a fine paschal candlestick, and the fragments of a pulpit with

marble

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

mosaic of the r3th century. There are also preserved in the

cathedral

CATHEDRAL

a fine Exultet roll and an evangelarium of the end of the 12th century, bound in bronze decorated with gold filigree and enamels. The mosaics of the beginning of the 12th century in the apses of the cathedral and of S. Benedetto, were destroyed about 1720 and 1620 respectively. The small church of S.

Marcello

MARCELLO, BENEDETTO (1686-1739)

was also built in 856. In 12321240 Frederick II. erected a castle to guard the Roman

bridge

BRIDGE

over the

Volturno

VOLTURNO (anc. Volturnus, from volvere, to roll)

, composed of a triumphal arch with two towers. This was demolished in 1557. The statues with which it was decorated were contemporary imitations of classical sculptures. Some of them are still preserved in the Museo Campano (E. Bertaux, L'Art clans l'Italie meridionale, Paris, 1904, i. 707). The Museo Campano also contains a considerable collection of antiquities from the ancient

Capua

.
Capua changed hands frequently during the middle ages. One of the most memorable facts in its history is the terrible attack made on it in 15or by Caesar Borgia, who had entered the town by treachery, in which 5000 lives were sacrificed. It remained a part of the kingdom of Naples until the 2nd of November 186o, when, a month after the battle of the

Volturno

VOLTURNO (anc. Volturnus, from volvere, to roll)

, it surrendered to the Italian troops. (T. As.)

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