Pietrelcina ( nap, Pretapucìna) is a town and ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' in the province of Benevento in the

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region of southern

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. It is the birthplace of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio).

Geography

Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and '' comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

Paduli Paduli is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania. It is located on a rocky spur between the Calore and Tammaro rivers, about 60 km northeast of Naples and about 9 km northeast of Beneven ...

Pago Veiano Pago Veiano (Campanian: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 70 km northeast of Naples and about 15 km northeast of Benevento. Pago Veiano borders the following mun ...

and

Pesco Sannita Pesco Sannita (Campanian: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples and about north of Benevento. Pesco Sannita borders the following municipalities: Beneve ...

are neighbouring towns.

International relations

Pietrelcina is twinned with: * San Giovanni Rotondo,

Bethlehem Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital ...

, Palestine * Wadowice,

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, since 2006

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