San Giuliano di Puglia

San Giuliano di Puglia is a small village in the province of Campobasso, in the Molise region in Italy.

The small town with an area of ​​41,99 m² situated at an altitude of 452 m. It is bordered by the towns of Colletorto, and Santa Croce di Magliano Bonefro.

History

First traces of settlement in the 2nd century AD document the remains of a Roman villa. During the reign of the Lombard Duchy of Benevento place to belong. In the 8th century donated Landolfo and Pandolfo, ruler of Benevento, an abbey, consecrated Helena the mother of Emperor Constantine, and which was taken over by the Order of Benedictine later. After the plague of 1348, the Abbey has been abandoned. Under the Normans, the town was transferred as a fief changing feudal lords. During the reign of the Angevin the place went successively as a fief to the families Angevins, De Capua, Sanseverino and Manfort until 1718 to Bartolomeo Rota, Marquis of Collotorto awarded.

The city was known by the earthquake of magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale on 31 October 2002. Also, in the Abruzzo region it was still noticeable. At that time, 29 people died, 26 of them children in a school. 61 people were injured. There were two other major earthquakes in the region, and the village had to be evacuated. The school collapsed, because it was already in disrepair, and many other buildings had to be demolished because they were badly damaged. After this earthquake about 5,000 people were left homeless.

Attractions

The Romanesque church of San Giuliano was destroyed in the earthquake of 1456, rebuilt in 1730 redesigned and extended as a three-aisled basilica. In the earthquake of 2002 San Giuliano was heavily damaged.

About 5 km from the village, on the site of the old abbey, is the simple chapel Sant Elena, which has been built with stones from the abandoned and ruined abbey. The core of the medieval San Giuliano is suspected in this area.