Melizzano

Melizzano is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 1872 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Benevento in Campania. The community is located about 27 kilometers west of Benevento and about 20 kilometers northeast of Caserta and directly borders the province of Caserta. The Calore Irpino limits the municipality in the north and the Volturno to the west.

History

The municipality is identical to the ancient Melae, a settlement that existed at the time of the Second Punic War (216 BC ) and was dependent on the Roman settlement Telesia. Since 1861, the community is part of the province of Benevento.

Traffic

Passing through the municipality, the former State Road 265 dei Ponti della Valle (now a provincial road ) of Amorosi by Giugliano in Campania.

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