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Lacedonia, Campania, Italy
 Lacedonia: Altitude of 732m, 3004 inhabitants, an agricultural centre suited to holidays with artisanal activities ( dairy production, wool ), assembled atop a hill with a vast panorama.
As attested by findings of lithic arms, the small town arose into an inhabited zone at the end of the Neolithic age. Occupied by Hannibal after Canne, it was identified with the ancient Aquilonia, an Irpinian city conquered by the ancient romans in 293 BC and was known by the name of Akudunniad in the archaic Oscan language.
Destroyed by the earthquake of 4th December 1456, it was rebuilt by lord Giovanni Antonio Orsini with four city walls and four respective doors. In the ancient cathedral on the nights of 10th-11th September 1486, amidst the conspiracy of the barons against Ferdinando I of Aragona, Lacedonia was sworn to the consecrated Ostia. It was then that the lord of Lacedonia, Pirro of Balzo was put to death with the rest of the conspirators. Federico of Aragona known as Baldassarre Pappacoda in the feud, erected a Castello in 1500, transformed today into a dwelling. The small town, damaged by the earthquake in 1930 was mainly reconstructed and newly damaged by the seism of 1980. It was the cathedral seat of the eleventh century.
Cathedral: In the piazza De Sanctis, with the monument to Francesco De Sanctis ( who chose Lacedonia as his constituency) that looks onto the building of Seminario and the church of S.Fillippo, with a roman plaque set in the wall and a beautiful stone portal, which was restored after the earthquake of 1930. Inside the cathedral, in one of the naves, noteworthy altars made of polychromatic marble can be found. From the piazza following the course of Giovanni Amendola, the Cathedrale (Assunta) ajoins, which was reconstructed in 1935 following the destruction of the earthquake of 1930; also struck by the seism of 1980, it was reconstructed and reopened as a cultural exhibit in 1988. From the exterior the remains of the doors of the ancient cathedral can be seen; as well as the bell tower and three square floors of the old cathedral. Inside, the three naves are separated by pillars, also made of marble polychrome; and pulpits and choirs of engraved wood. In the nearby Episcope one can find a triptych recalling the figuration of the Virgin with the child and the S.s. Giovanni Battiista, Michele Arcangelo e Nicola, attributed to Francesco da Tolentino ( at end of the 15th century). In Lacedonia, there figures a separate section entitled S.Gerardo Maiella, of the Diocesan museum from ancient Irpinia- Lacedonia, positioned on the ground floor of the ancient palace seat. In the nearby Listening wood mineral water flows from the spring.
Leaving the occupied dwelling and continuing a little lower on the edge of the State of Formicoso, lies the Chapel of Consolation of antique origin, it was not remade in order to preserve the primitive construction of the noteworthy stone portals; a little after, the dome of the Trinity follows, so it crosses the floor of the tree, between two rows of houses built after the 1930 earthquake and at 44.8km it meets a road for Monteverde and the lakes of Monticchio. Monteverde, Avellino, Italy Sant' Angelo dei Lombardi, province of Avellino, Campania, Italy Lioni is a town (comune) in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy Teora, Province of Avellino, Region Campania, Italy Sant'Andrea di Conza is a town in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy Calitri, Avellino, region of Campania, southern Italy
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