Foglianise
Encyclopedia
Foglianise is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Benevento
in the Italian
region Campania
, located about 50 km northeast of Naples
and about 10 km northwest of Benevento
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,555 and an area of 11.7 km².
The municipality of Foglianise contains the frazioni
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Cautani, Oliveto, Frascio, Palazzo, Barassano, S.Marco, Leschito, Sirignano, Prato, Ospedale, Dragonetta, Vaccara, Masseria Nuova, Utile, Fossi, Acquara, Mazzella, G.Viglione, Trescine, Palmenta, Badia, Iannilli, Cienzi, and Scafa.
Foglianise borders the following municipalities: Benevento
, Castelpoto
, Cautano
, Torrecuso
, Vitulano
.
The discovery of neolithic pottery and ceramic objects testifies to the antiquity of the human civilisation here, which may date back to the Samnite
epoch. The area is rich in water and pasture, so the economy of that time was probably pastorally based.
A Latin epigraph believed to date from the third century and dedicated to the goddess Fortuna Folianensis, indicates that the name Foglianise was of Roman origin, possibly connected with a substantial land owner names Folius Oriens. There appear to have been significant economic changes in the third and fourth centuries involving changes to the route of the road to Telesia. Roman era relics include the remains of a water storage tank.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Benevento
Province of Benevento
The Province of Benevento is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Benevento.It has an area of 2,071 km², and a total population of 289,455...
in the Italian
Italy
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region Campania
Campania
Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...
, located about 50 km northeast of Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
and about 10 km northwest of Benevento
Benevento
Benevento is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 50 km northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill 130 m above sea-level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino and Sabato...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,555 and an area of 11.7 km².
The municipality of Foglianise contains the frazioni
Frazione
A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...
(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Cautani, Oliveto, Frascio, Palazzo, Barassano, S.Marco, Leschito, Sirignano, Prato, Ospedale, Dragonetta, Vaccara, Masseria Nuova, Utile, Fossi, Acquara, Mazzella, G.Viglione, Trescine, Palmenta, Badia, Iannilli, Cienzi, and Scafa.
Foglianise borders the following municipalities: Benevento
Benevento
Benevento is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 50 km northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill 130 m above sea-level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino and Sabato...
, Castelpoto
Castelpoto
Castelpoto is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 50 km northeast of Naples and about 7 km west of Benevento...
, Cautano
Cautano
Cautano is a comune constituted from two countries, Cautano and Cacciano, in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 75 km northeast of Naples and about 13 km west of Benevento and about 13 km north of Montesarchio....
, Torrecuso
Torrecuso
Torrecuso is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 50 km northeast of Naples and about 10 km northwest of Benevento...
, Vitulano
Vitulano
Vitulano is a comune in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 50 km northeast of Naples and about 12 km northwest of Benevento....
.
History
Of prehistoric origins, Foglianise is known locally for the Grain Festival that takes place each August.The discovery of neolithic pottery and ceramic objects testifies to the antiquity of the human civilisation here, which may date back to the Samnite
Samnium
Samnium is a Latin exonym for a region of south or south and central Italy in Roman times. The name survives in Italian today, but today's territory comprising it is only a small portion of what it once was. The populations of Samnium were called Samnites by the Romans...
epoch. The area is rich in water and pasture, so the economy of that time was probably pastorally based.
A Latin epigraph believed to date from the third century and dedicated to the goddess Fortuna Folianensis, indicates that the name Foglianise was of Roman origin, possibly connected with a substantial land owner names Folius Oriens. There appear to have been significant economic changes in the third and fourth centuries involving changes to the route of the road to Telesia. Roman era relics include the remains of a water storage tank.