Italian comune
Benevento (Neapolitan: Beneviénto) is a town of almost 60,000 inhabitants in Campania.
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The closest international airport is in Naples from which you could reach Benevento in less than 1½ hr with EAV bus service.
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- 1 Church of Santa Sofia (Chiesa di Santa Sofia), Piazza Matteotti, ☏ +39 0824 212-06, info@santasofiabenevento.it. 08:00-12:00, 16:00-19:00 (winter) 16:30-20:00 (summer). One of the most important examples of Lombard architecture in Italy, built in 762, it also contains Romanesque and Baroque elements that were added later. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of a group of seven inscribed as Longobards in Italy: Places of power.
- 2 Cathedral (Cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria de Episcopio), Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi, 211, ☏ +39 0824 323-345, cattedralebenevento@gmail.com. 07:00-12.00, 17:00-19:30 (closed on Wednesday).
- 3 Arch of Trajan (Arco di Traiano), sar-cam.benevento@beniculturali.it.
- 4 Roman Theatre (Teatro romano), Piazza Ponzio Telesino, ☏ +39 0824 472-13, sar-cam.benevento@beniculturali.it. 09:00-19:00. €2.
- 5 Rocca dei Rettori (Museo del Sannio), Piazza Castello, ☏ +39 0824 774-111. 07:00-13.00.
- 6 Ponte Leproso, Ponte Leproso. Ancient Roman bridge from the 3rd century, B.C.
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- 1 Nikila, Viale Principe di Napoli 109, ☏ +39 082425900. Good place to eat typical food of Benevento.
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Routes through Benevento |
Naples ← Avellino ← | W E | → Ariano Irpino → Canosa di Puglia |
Rome ← Velletri ← Latina ← Caserta ← | N S | → Avellino → Matera → Taranto → Brindisi |
Termoli ← Campobasso ← | N S | → END |
END ← | W E | → merges into → Foggia |