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Italy - Information on Castelpagano in the Province of Benevento

Castelpagano, a strong agricultural economy-based village, has its origins in the Middle Ages, even though some findings led scholars to assume the presence of human settlements already in the Roman age. The term “pagus” itself, present in the name of the village, would strengthen this hypothesis. Under the Longobard domination, it belonged to the gastaldato of Boiano-Campobasso. In High Middle Ages it was under the Angevin domination; it was then a feud of the De Balzo, of the Mormile and of the Coppola families. In 1809 it was incorporated in the province of Campobasso and in 1861 it was annexed to the province of Benevento.

NOT TO BE MISSSED:
1. Ducal Palace, built around the year 1000 under the Norman domination
2. Church of Sacro Cuore di Gesù, built in 1638 and recently restored
3. The “Colonna dell’infame” (villain’s colomn), built in 1606 in limestone, it was destined to the lashing of criminals. On the column there is an engraving representing the symbol of justice, the year 1606 and a Latin inscription: “flagello stultus sapientor fit” (the foolish become wiser through the whip)

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