Piedimonte Matese

Piedimonte Matese is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region of Campania, located about 82 km north of Naples and about 40 km north of Caserta.

Geography

Piedimonte Matese borders the following municipalities: Alife, Campochiaro, Castello del Matese, Cusano Mutri, Guardiaregia, San Gregorio Matese, San Potito Sannitico and Sant'Angelo d'Alife. Up until 1945, Piedimonte Matese was located within the Province of Benevento. Before 1970 Piedimonte was known as Piedimonte d'Alife.

was a group of 240 Italian volunteers that joined Giuseppe Garibaldi in the war for Second [Italian War of Independence|Italian unification] in 1861. It was formed in the Piedimonte D'Alife district, now called Piedimonte Matese, in June 1860, and was officially established on 25 August in the same year.

The church of San Biagio houses late-Gothic frescoes with scenes from the Old and New Testament and histories of St. Blaise. The church of St. Thomas was built in 1414. The Baroque church of San Salvatore was designed by Cosimo Fanzago. The Ducal Palace of Gaetani d'Aragona has kept some late Renaissance details. Its patron saint is San Marcellino. The church of Ave Gratia Plena, also known as the Church of the Annunciation, retains much of its baroque decoration.
The Civic Museum Raffaele Marrocco is an archaeology and arts museum in Piedimonte Matese.

Based in the Sepicciano area of Piedimonte Matese is the 4,000-seater Stadio Pasqualino Ferrante, a municipal stadium and home of Serie D club A.S.D. [Football Club Matese]. It was formerly the home of Eccellenza club A.S.D. Tre Pini Matese and Promozione side F.W.P. Matese.

Piedimonte Matese is Twin [towns and sister cities|twinned] with: