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Italy - Information on Solopaca in the Province of Benevento

Dating back to the Roman Age, Solopaca had its greatest splendour in the 12th century. The historical and artistic vestiges can still be seen all over the built-up area. One of the Neapolitan aristocracy’s feud, later it was the genoese Ceva-Grimaldi family’s dukedom until 1764. It is the birthplace of Stefano Cusani, famous philosopher and patriot.
The Grape Festival is important on the tourist point of view and it takes place on the second Sunday of September. The dwellers of the varoius wards make carts with grapes representing famous people, monuments and everyday events and then they parade along the main streets of the village.

NOT TO BE MISSED
1. Mother Church bell tower, in Vanvitelli’s style
2. Ducal palace
3. Churches of St. Martino and St. Mauro
4. At 608 metres on the slope of the mountain, the Sanctuary of the Madonna del Roseto with a thirteenth-century wooden statue.

Of historical interest is the iron Ponte on the river Calore, on a single arch, built in the Bourbon Age and destroyed by bombings in 1943

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