Airola
Sign in to saveAirola is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 35 km northeast of Naples and about 20 km southwest of Benevento in the Valle Caudina, facing the Monte Taburno. Nearby is the confluence of the Tesa and Faenza streams into the Isclero River. Airola's territory is also crossed by the Acquedotto Carolino, carrying waters to the Caserta Palace.
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Airola is a small municipality located in the Campania region of southern Italy, situated between Naples and Benevento in a valley area marked by local waterways and mountains. It is notable for its geographic position along the historic Acquedotto Carolino, an aqueduct system that supplied water to the royal Caserta Palace.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Airola
- Italian comune.official_name
- Città di Airola
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Airola-Chiesa Annunziata.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Church of the Annunziata
- Italian comune.region
- Campania
- Italian comune.province
- Benevento (BN)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Vincenzo Falzarano
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 14.9
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 270
- Italian comune.population_total
- 8176
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 1 January 2020
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Airolani
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Airola is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 35 km northeast of Naples and about 20 km southwest of Benevento in the Valle Caudina, facing the Monte Taburno. Nearby is the confluence of the Tesa and Faenza streams into the Isclero River. Airola's territory is also crossed by the Acquedotto Carolino, carrying waters to the Caserta Palace.
== History == Airola is mentioned for the first time in 997. Later it was a fief of Rainulf III of Alife, of Martin Toccabove and the Cortillon family. In 1460, after the siege of Ferdinand I of Naples, it was sold to the Carafa family, and was later given to Alfonso d'Avalos who, in turn, sold it to Ferrante Caracciolo in 1575.