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7 unusual facts about Avellino


Armando Pantanelli

In summer 2007 he then joined Serie B club U.S. Avellino, but he did not manage to return to his highs, and the biancoverdi were ultimately relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione that year, but were eventually placed back in Serie B to fill the void left by the bankrupt FC Messina, who ultimately were relegated to Serie D.

After a feud with the club management, he moved to U.S. Avellino in the summer of 2007.

Carmine Biagio Gatti

Carmine Biagio Gatti (born February 10, 1988 in Avellino) is an Italian professional football player currently playing for Lega Pro Seconda Divisione team V.F. Colligiana on loan from S.S.C. Napoli.

Doyle Yardley

During the invasion of Italy, the 509th was dropped behind enemy lines near Avellino.

Granular corneal dystrophy

The name Avellino corneal dystrophy comes from the first four patients in the original study each tracing their family origin to the Italian province of Avellino.

Luca Anania

In June 2002, Anania was bought back by Inter and sold to Avellino in another co-ownership deal, and sent other players to Pro Sesto.

Matteis

Most Matteis families now reside in the southern part near Naples in a town called Avellino.


Aeclanum

Two different routes to Apulia diverged at this point, one (Via Aurelia Aeclanensis) leading through the modern Ariano to Herdoniae, the other (the Via Appia of the Empire) passing the Lacus Ampsanctus and going on to Aquilonia and Venusia; while the road from Aeclanum to Abellinum (mod. Avellino) may also follow an ancient line.

Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Cardona

Antonio Fernández de Córdoba y Cardona was born in Bellpuig, Catalonia, the son of Fernando Folch de Cardona Anglesola y Requesens, 2nd Duke of Soma, 2nd count of Oliveto, 3rd count of Palamós, 3rd count of Trivento, 3rd count of Avellino, 6th barón of Bellpuig, Calonge, Liñola and Uxafavá, and Great Admiral of Naples.

Calore

Calore Irpino, an Italian river of the provinces of Benevento and Avellino (Campania)

Chiusano

Chiusano di San Domenico, Italian municipality in the Province of Avellino

Galceran de Requesens y Santa Coloma

In 1456 Alfonso V of Aragon, a.k.a. Alfonso I of Naples, awarded him feudal rights to the Italian towns of Trivento and Avellino.

History of S.C. Siracusa

In 1994–95, despite serious financial troubles, Siracusa almost reached promotion to Serie B under head coach Giuliano Sonzogni, losing on playoffs to Avellino.

House of Sacchetti

Avellino received privileges from the Norman King Roger II of Sicily and created Gran Giustiziere of the kingdom.

Irpinia

The main centres of the Hirpini were Malies or Maloenton (modern Benevento), Romulea (Bisaccia), Compsa (Conza), Aquilonia, Lacedonia and Abellinum (Avellino).

John J. Snyder

He attended St. Bartholomew and St. Andrew Avellino schools before studying for the priesthood at Cathedral College in Brooklyn and Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, New York.

Joseph, Duke of Parma

Joseph, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (Italian: Giuseppe Maria Pietro Paolo Francesco Roberto Tomaso-d'Aquino Andrea-Avellino Biagio Mauro Carlo Stanislao Luigi Filippo-Neri Leone Bernardo Antonio Ferdinando di Borbone-Parma e Piacenza; 30 June 1875 Biarritz – 7 January 1950 Pianore, Lucca, Italy) was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and the pretender to the defunct throne of Parma from 1939 to 1950.

Mugnano

Mugnano del Cardinale, a municipality of the Province of Avellino, Campania.

Paolo Manna

Paolo Manna (16 January 1872, Avellino - 15 September 1952, Naples) was an Italian Catholic missionary in Burma (now Myanmar) who was the superior general of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions.

Potito

San Potito Ultra - town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy

Pratola

Pratola Serra, a municipality in the Province of Avellino, Campania

Province of Avellino

Tourist destinations are the Sanctuaries of Montevergine, San Gerardo Maiella of Caposele and San Francesco a Folloni; the ski resort of Laceno; the archeological areas of Avella and Aeclanum, the Lancellotti castle in Lauro, the medieval town of Gesualdo, the Roman ruins of Abellinum and the early Christian basilica in Prata.

Ralph Sazio

Sazio was born in Avellino, Italy and played high school football at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey.

San Mango

San Mango sul Calore, a municipality of the Province of Avellino, Campania

Savignano

Savignano Irpino, a municipality in the Province of Avellino, Campania

Ubaldo Continiello

Born in Monteverde, Avellino, Continiello started his career as a composer of pop songs, for, among others, Tony Del Monaco and Bobby Solo.

Volturara

Volturara Irpina, Italian municipality of the province of Avellino


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