Even the transverse hall, the transept, which enlarged and extended the primitive temple of Our Lady, must have been the work of the indefatigable Fr. Federico De Manlion, both because in 1693, as we shall see, it already existed, and because in the archival sources there is no mention of this important building increase of the ancient sanctuary. This new construction, which was added to the [...]
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The years indicated are those of the provostship of d. Federico De Manlion, a Spanish priest, in the church of S. Maria di Canneto. But in the history of the sanctuary we find him more precisely in the years 1530-1533, at the end of his abbacy, when old and ill in his house in Settefrati, he was deceived by those in charge of Montecassino [...].
When in July 1978, about two months before the start of the general renovation of the Sanctuary, the Rome-based Central Commission for Sacred Art came to Canneto for an inspection of the old complex in order to authorise its demolition, in agreement with the other bodies in charge of environmental protection, a high prelate at the time of the [...].
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The Garibaldini of the Comino Valley
I Garibaldini della Valle di Comino e in particolare a Casalvieri nei documenti storici e in alcuni saggi. I CACCIATORI DEL VESUVIO (HUNTERS OF THE VESUVIUM) To talk about the subject we must start from the beginning, that is, from the enterprise of Garibaldi and the Garibaldini from Casalvieri led by Alessio Mollicone. (1) Alessio Mollicone, with the authorisation of 27 September 1860 by General Enrico Cosenz [...].
On the night of 9 May 1862, a group of 150 brigands, shouting “Long live Francis II”, entered the village of Fontechiari (at that time Schiavi), kidnapping the mayor's wife and freeing her only in exchange for jewellery. During the assault, they set fire to several houses, including that of the mayor, the Captain of the National Guard, the tax collector, the [...].
The 16th century fresco discovered 45 years ago in the demolished church of Sant'Antonio Abate in Fontechiari shows the rural population's request for protection from the saints. In the centre is Saint Anthony Abbot, the patron saint of animals, especially pigs, since the death of the pig meant hunger for the winter. On the left, the Madonna [...]
In popular usage, the name Val di Comino is used to designate a small region in northern Campania, essentially corresponding to the upper Melfa valley, almost entirely surrounded by a cloister of limestone mountains (Apennines and Sub-Apennines) except to the south-west, where a depression (350-450 m) connects this kind of basin with the territory of Sora; [...].