Altavilla Irpina


Altavilla Irpina is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.

History

According to some scholars, it would coincide with the Poetilia mentioned by Vergil in his Aeneid. The town had subsequently the names of Scandiano, Altacoda, Altacauda, sino until the current, deriving from the Norman Hauteville family.

Transportation

It has a station on the Avellino-Benevento railway line.
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