Melito Irpino

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Comune in Campania, Italy

Melito Irpino
Comune
Comune di Melito Irpino
Melito town hall
Melito Irpino within the Province of Avellino
Location of Melito Irpino
41°6′15″N 15°3′12″E / 41.10417°N 15.05333°E / 41.10417; 15.05333
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Avellino (AV)
Frazioni	Cozza, Fontana del Bosco, Incoronata
Area ^[1]
• Total	20.68 km² (7.98 sq mi)
Elevation ^[2]	461 m (1,512 ft)
Population (31 December 2017)^[3]
• Total	1,927
• Density	93/km² (240/sq mi)
Demonym	Melitese
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	83030
Dialing code	0825
Patron saint	Saint Giles
Saint day	1 September
Website	Official website

Melito Irpino (Irpino: Militë) is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

History

The remains of the ancient Melito were found in 1880. According to some theories, it could be a suburban village belonging to Aeclanum, but the prevailing theory suggests that it was the ancient village of Melae (or Melas). In Ab Urbe Condita (book XXIV, chapter X), Titus Livius wrote that Melae was destroyed in 215 BC by the troops of Claudius Marcellus and Quintus Fabius, during the Second Punic War.^[4]

Geography

The municipality is located in the northern area of its province, next to that of Benevento. Crossed by the river Ufita, it borders with Apice, Ariano Irpino, Bonito and Grottaminarda.^[5] Its hamlets (frazioni) are the small villages of Cozza, Fontana del Bosco and Incoronata.

The town, included in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, is 5 km far from Grottaminarda, 9 from Ariano Irpino, 30 from Benevento and 48 from Avellino. Nearest motorway exit is located in Grottaminarda, on the A16 Naples-Bari.

Main sights

The medieval old town, damaged by the 1962 Irpinia earthquake and then abandoned.^[4]^[6]
The medieval castle in the old town.^[7]

People

Raffaele Minichiello [it] (b. 1949), the first transatlantic hijacker
Tonino Sorrentino (b. 1985), footballer

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Melito Irpino". Tuttitalia (in Italian).
^ (in Italian) Source: Istat 2011
^ ^a ^b History of Melito Irpino (municipal website)
^ 41100 (x a j h) Melito Irpino on OpenStreetMap
^ (in Italian) Melito Irpino on paesifantasma.it (Italian ghost towns website)
^ (in Italian) The Castle of Melito Irpino on museodeicastelli.it