Montella

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Comune in Campania, Italy

Coat of arms

Location of Montella

40°51′N 15°1′E / 40.850°N 15.017°E / 40.850; 15.017CountryItalyRegionCampaniaProvinceAvellino (AV)Government

• MayorRizieri BuonopaneArea

^[1]

• Total83.32 km² (32.17 sq mi)Elevation

546 m (1,791 ft)Population

(30 November 2017)^[2]

• Total7,699 • Density92/km² (240/sq mi)DemonymMontelleseTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code

83048

Dialing code0827Patron saintSt. RochSaint day16 AugustWebsiteOfficial website

Montella is an Italian town and comune (municipality) in the province of Avellino, Campania, with a population of 7,699. The zone was inhabited already in the neolithic period.^{[citation needed]} The town was founded by the Samnites in the 1st millennium BC,^{[citation needed]} to become a municipality of the Roman Empire^{[citation needed]} and a town under the Lombards.

Culture

Montella is a production center of chestnuts, and the comune organizes the Sagra Castagna di Montella (Montella Chestnut Festival) each fall.^[3] An eco-museum dedicated to the chestnut, the Museo della Castagna Montella, opened in 2014.^[4]

Part of the comune of Montella is also encompassed by Monti Picentini Regional Park, a mountainous natural preserve in Campania which is host to many types of mushrooms as well as cave systems.

The Convent of Saint Francis at Folloni is nearby. According to tradition, it was founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in AD 1221-1222 when he was turned away from the town due to fears of leprosy. The saint and his fellow travelers slept under a tree and were miraculously protected from the snow. After this event, they founded the friary and it remains there today.

Twin towns

Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA^[5]

People

Giovanni Palatucci, a Righteous Among the Nations
Salvatore Pelosi, Italian naval officer
Aurelio Fierro, Italian singer
Geno Auriemma, American basketball coach
Leonarda Cianciulli, serial killer

The grandparents of American actress Maria Bello came from Montella.

References

^ "Montella". Comuni Italiani (in Italian).
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Pro Loco Montella". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
^ "Montella nasce il primo Eco-Museo della castagna". Museo della Castagna Montella. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
^ Puleo, Gary (11 August 2015). "Holy Saviour Feast in Norristown celebrates Italian heritage". Montgomery Media. Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Retrieved 7 November 2016.