Mignano Monte Lungo is a ''

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 ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Caserta The Province of Caserta ( it, Provincia di Caserta) is a province in the Campania region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Caserta, situated about by road north of Naples. The province has an area of , and had a total population of ...

in the Italian region

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, located about northwest of

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

and about northwest of

Caserta Caserta () is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial, and industrial ''comune'' and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Camp ...

. Mignano Monte Lungo borders the following municipalities:

Conca della Campania Conca della Campania (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about northwest of Naples and about northwest of Caserta. Conca della Campania borders the following municipali ...

, Galluccio,

Presenzano Presenzano (Campanian: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about northwest of Caserta. Presenzano borders the following municipalities: Conca della Campa ...

, Rocca d'Evandro,

San Pietro Infine San Pietro Infine is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about northwest of Naples and about northwest of Caserta. San Pietro Infine borders the following municipalities: Mignano Monte ...

, San Vittore del Lazio,

Sesto Campano Sesto Campano is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about southwest of Campobasso and about southwest of Isernia. The municipality is located in the south of its province, close t ...

, Venafro.

History

The first settlers in the area were the Sidicini; the

Etruscans The Etruscan civilization () was developed by a people of Etruria in ancient Italy with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states. After conquering adjacent lands, its territory covered, at its greatest extent, roug ...

founded here the town of ''Cesennia'', which later passed under Roman control. After the fall of the

Western Roman Empire The Western Roman Empire comprised the western provinces of the Roman Empire at any time during which they were administered by a separate independent Imperial court; in particular, this term is used in historiography to describe the period fr ...

, Mignano became part of the Lombard

Duchy of Benevento The Duchy of Benevento (after 774, Principality of Benevento) was the southernmost Lombard duchy in the Italian Peninsula that was centred on Benevento, a city in Southern Italy. Lombard dukes ruled Benevento from 571 to 1077, when it was conq ...

and, in 776, part of the County of Capua. In 1139 the nearby Galluccio was the seat of a successful ambush of

Roger II of Sicily Roger II ( it, Ruggero II; 22 December 1095 – 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily and Africa, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his brother Simon. He began his rule as Count of Sicily in 1105, became Duke of Apulia and Calabria i ...

's troops against the army of

Pope Innocent II Pope Innocent II ( la, Innocentius II; died 24 September 1143), born Gregorio Papareschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 February 1130 to his death in 1143. His election as pope was controversial and the fi ...

, who, captured, was forced to sign a treaty of peace in the Mignano castle. After the

Hohenstaufen The Hohenstaufen dynasty (, , ), also known as the Staufer, was a noble family of unclear origin that rose to rule the Duchy of Swabia from 1079, and to royal rule in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle Ages from 1138 until 1254. The dynast ...

and Angevine domination, the Aragonese gave it as a fief to Ettore Fieramosca. In 1581 his heir Ettore Leognano Fieramosca ceded it to Giulio Cesare De Capua. In 1734 the troops of Charles of Bourbon besieged here Marshal von Traun, who had to flee to

Capua Capua ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, situated north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain. History Ancient era The name of Capua comes from the Etrusc ...

. During World War II Mignano was the seat of fierce fightings, part of the Battle of San Pietro Infine. In order to facilitate their escapement, the German destroyed the fortress and the bridge on the

Rava Rava may refer to: Biographical * Bishnu Prasad Rabha, multifaceted artist and revolutionary singer of Assam * Abba ben Joseph bar Ḥama (born 280), a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, always known by the honorific name ''Raba,'' ''Rava, ...

. The nearby Monte Lungo was conquered on December 16, 1943, by the Italian '' 1° Raggruppamento Motorizzato''.

Main sights

*The castle, of ancient origins, several times renewed. The current structure dates mostly to the interventions of Guido Fieramosca. *Church of ''Santa Maria la Grande'' (16th century) *Medieval ''Porta Fratte'' gate, now the only remainder of the old medieval walls.

People

Michelina Di Cesare Michelina Di Cesare (1841–1868) was known as ''La Brigantessa''. She was a member and perhaps a leader of the ''Briganti'', southern Italians who fought against the Italian authority after the unification of the Italian states. Biography Mic ...

, 19th century bandit *

Francesco Fuoco Francesco Fuoco (1774–1841) was an Italian philologist, economist and Catholic priest. Some of his works were published under the name of Giuseppe De Welz, a banker from Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ...

, economist

References

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

History

Main sights

People

See also

References