Bisaccia

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Comune di Bisaccia
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Bisaccia
Bisaccia (Campania)
Coordinates: 41°0′47″N15°22′32″E / 41.01306°N 15.37556°E / 41.01306; 15.37556
Country Italy
Region Campania
Province Province of Avellino (AV)
Frazioni Calaggio, Macchitella, Oscata, Pastina, Pedurza, Piani San Pietro, Tuoro
Area
[1]
  Total
101.41 km2 (39.15 sq mi)
Elevation
860 m (2,820 ft)
Population
 (2005) [2]
  Total
4,148
  Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Demonym Bisaccesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
83044
Dialing code 0827
ISTAT code 064011
Patron saint Sant'Antonio di Padova
Saint day13 June [3]
Website Official website

Bisaccia is an Italian town and comune, population 4,382, situated in the province of Avellino. It borders the communes of Andretta, Aquilonia, Calitri, Guardia Lombardi, Lacedonia, Scampitella and Vallata.

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Bisaccia has its own Bisaccese dialect.

History

Bisaccia's Castle, made by the Lombards, was repaired by Emperor Frederick II, who went to hunt in the woods near Bisaccia. Famous writers as Torquato Tasso and Francesco de Sanctis visited Bisaccia.

After the 1930 Irpinia earthquake, a new town was built near the historic centre. Like other remote towns, Bisaccia offers houses for 1 euro on the condition that the buyers restore the houses. [4]

Ecclesiastical History

It was a bishopric from before 1100. In 1540, the Diocese of Bisaccia was suppressed and its territory merged into the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Bisaccia, which became the present Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia.

Notable people

See also

Notes

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. Comune di Bisaccia: Informazioni turistiche, Prefisso telefonico, Cap 83044
  4. Marchetti, Silvia (2020). "Another Italian town is selling dozens of $1 homes". CNN.


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