Bagnoli Irpino is a town and ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' in the

province of Avellino The province of Avellino () is a province in the Campania Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea ...

Campania Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...

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. The bordering municipalities of Bagnoli are Acerno,

Calabritto Calabritto (Irpino: ) is an Italian town and a commune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. It occupies a hilly-mountainous area at the eastern tip of the Monti Picentini range, in the upper Sele valley. Geography Calabritto is a small to ...

Caposele Caposele (Irpino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. The town was seriously damaged by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. It borders with Calabritto, Bagnoli Irpino, Lioni, Teora, Conza della Campania, Castelnuo ...

Lioni Lioni is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy. Located in western Irpinia, in the Monti Picentini natural park, the municipality borders with Bagnoli Irpino, Calabritto, Caposele, Morra De Sanctis, Nu ...

Montella Montella (Neapolitan: ''Monteddra'') is an Italian town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Avellino, Campania, with a population of 7,699. The zone was inhabited already in the Neolithic period. The town was founded by the Samnite ...

and

Nusco Nusco (Irpino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino (Campania region) in the south of Italy, east of Naples, with a population of around 4,100. It is situated in the mountains between the valleys of the Calore Irpino and Ofant ...

. The only ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

'' is

Laceno Laceno is an Italian hamlet (''frazione'') and ski resort situated in the municipality of Bagnoli Irpino, Province of Avellino, Campania. It includes a Ski Resort (with 18 km of ski Slopes) with artificial snow if required, a lake with food a ...

, a village and ski resort situated in the Picentini mountains.

Notable people

* Michele Lenzi, painter * The Cavaniglia, family;was a noble family who arrived in the Kingdom of Naples from Spain following King Alfonso V of Aragon in the first quarter of the 15th century from Valencia The Cavaniglia family had the titles of counts of Montella and Troia , Celle, Galiano, Montalto , Sangiorgio and Vitulano, marquises of San Marco dei Cavoti and dukes of Santagata, Flumeri, Rodi and San Giovanni Rotondo . They lived between the court of Naples and the palace of Montella . They died out in the 18th century with: Anna Cavaniglia, princess of Sant'Antimo.

Note

The founder in the

Kingdom of Naples The Kingdom of Naples (; ; ), officially the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was established by the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302). Until ...

was Garzia I, who arrived in Italy in 1418 in the retinue of

Alfonso V of Aragon Alfonso the Magnanimous (Alfons el Magnànim in Catalan language, Catalan) (139627 June 1458) was King of Aragon and King of Sicily (as Alfons V) and the ruler of the Crown of Aragon from 1416 and King of Naples (as Alfons I) from 1442 until his ...

, belonging to the Cabanillas dynasty of Valencia and nephew of the viceroy of

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

, Pietro Cabanillas. He was one of the architects of the Aragonese conquest of the Kingdom of Naples and became the king's ambassador to

Pope Nicholas V Pope Nicholas V (; ; 15 November 1397 – 24 March 1455), born Tommaso Parentucelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 March 1447 until his death in March 1455. Pope Eugene IV made him a Cardinal (Catholic Chu ...

. In 1445 he purchased from the sovereign for 11,000 ducats the fiefdom including the territories of Montella , Bagnoli irpino and Cassano Irpino (current province of Avellino ) Bagnoli irpino is known for the

lake,with many forests of chestnut, oak, beech and fruit trees such as figs and apples annexed in its territory, for the production of the Black Truffle, and the Chestnut. The chestnuts of Bagnoli Irpino are included in the controlled designation of origin (DOC) "Castagna di Montella", which is also a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI). This means that the production area, which also includes Montella, Cassano Irpino, Volturara Irpina, Nusco and Montemarano, is specifically delimited and the chestnuts must respect certain characteristics in order to be recognized with this designation.

History

Already in 571, therefore with the

Lombards The Lombards () or Longobards () were a Germanic peoples, Germanic people who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula between 568 and 774. The medieval Lombard historian Paul the Deacon wrote in the ''History of the Lombards'' (written betwee ...

, the importance of cultivation was understood and thus the first law for the protection of the fruit was issued, evidently already considered a precious resource at the time. The Castle of Bagnoli Irpino is located on the top of the Serra hill, in a dominant position over the Alta Valle del Calore.

References

External links

Official website

Cities and towns in Campania {{Campania-geo-stub