Bisaccia

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Bisaccia
Comune
Comune di Bisaccia
Location of Bisaccia
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Coordinates: 41°0′47″N 15°22′32″E / 41.01306°N 15.37556°E / 41.01306; 15.37556
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Province of Avellino (AV)
Frazioni	Calaggio, Macchitella, Oscata, Pastina, Pedurza, Piani San Pietro, Tuoro
Area [1]
• Total	101.41 km2 (39.15 sq mi)
Elevation	860 m (2,820 ft)
Population  (2005)[2]
• Total	4,148
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Demonym	Bisaccesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	83044
Dialing code	0827
ISTAT code	064011
Patron saint	Sant'Antonio di Padova
Saint day	13 June [3]
Website	Official website[permanent dead link]

Bisaccia is an Italian town and comune, population 4,382, situated in the province of Avellino. It borders the communes of Andretta, Aquilonia, Calitri, Guardia Lombardi, Lacedonia, Scampitella and Vallata.

Bisaccia has its own Bisaccese dialect.

History[edit]

Bisaccia's Castle, made by the Lombards, was repaired by Emperor Frederick II, who went to hunt in the woods near Bisaccia. Famous writers as Torquato Tasso and Francesco de Sanctis visited Bisaccia.

After the 1930 Irpinia earthquake, a new town was built near the historic centre. Like other remote towns, Bisaccia offers houses for 1 euro on the condition that the buyers restore the houses.^[4]

Ecclesiastical History[edit]

It was a bishopric from before 1100. In 1540, the Diocese of Bisaccia was suppressed and its territory merged into the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Bisaccia, which became the present Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia.

Notable people[edit]

• Mario Procaccino, lawyer, comptroller, and candidate for Mayor of New York City.

• Emmanuel Fratianni, Famous Conductor, Composer and Pianist

See also[edit]

• Polisportiva Bisaccese: a football club based in the town.

Notes[edit]

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Sources and external links[edit]

• GigaCatholic

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