Roccamonfina

Roccamonfina is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 3562 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Caserta in Campania. It is part of the Comunità Montana Monte Santa Croce. The community is located about 37.5 kilometers northwest of Caserta in the Parco Regionale di - Foce Garigliano Roccamonfina at the level of the same name, now extinct volcano.

History

The earliest settlement time is difficult to date. The footprints found near the village ( Ciampete del Diavolo ) of Homo heidelbergensis are evidence of a very early settlement. The volcano was at this time probably still active.

From the 5th or 4th century BC settled here the Ausonians or Ausonen. A solid village seems to have existed from the 3rd century AD. However, the present settlement is not older than the 10th century.