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Nocera Inferiore, formerly
Nocera dei Pagani, is a town and comune in
Campania, Italy, in the
province of Salerno, at the foot of Monte Albino, 20 km east-south-east of
Naples by rail, 135 ft. above sea-level.
History
In the period before the
Roman supremacy in southern Italy,
Nuceria Alfaterna appears to have been the chief town in the valley of the Sarnus,
Herculaneum, Pompeii,
Stabiae and
Surrentum all being dependent upon it. The coins of the town bear the head of the river god. It maintained its allegiance to Rome till
309 BCE when it joined the revolted
Samnites. In
308 it repulsed a Roman attempt to land at the mouth of the Sarnus, but in
307 it was besieged and surrendered. It obtained favourable terms, and remained faithful to Rome even after
Cannae.
Hannibal reduced it in
216 by starvation, and destroyed the town. The inhabitants returned when peace was restored. Even during the
Social War Nuceria remained true to Rome, though the dependent towns joined the revolt; after it they were formed into independent communities, and Nuceria received the territory of Stabiae, which had been destroyed by
Sulla in
89 BCE, as a compensation. In
73 BCE it was plundered by
Spartacus.
At an early date the city became an episcopal see, and in the
12th century it sided with
Innocent II against
Roger of Sicily, and suffered severely for its choice. A colony of
Saracens introduced by
Frederick II probably gave rise to the epithet ("of the pagans") by which it was so long distinguished, as well as to the town of Pagani, which lies about one mile to the west.
In
1385 Pope Urban VI was besieged in the castle of Charles of Durazzo.
Main sights
Helena, the widow of
Manfred of Sicily, was imprisoned in the Castle and died here after the
battle of Benevento (1268). Here also
Urban VI imprisoned the cardinals who favoured the
antipope Clement VII.
The castle also had like guests the writes
Dante Alighieri and
Boccaccio.
About three kilometers to the east, near the village of Nocera Superiore, is the circular church of
Santa Maria Maggiore, dating from the
6th century. Its chief feature is its dome, ceiled with stone internally, but covered externally with a false roof. It is supported by 40 ancient columns, and in its construction resembles
Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome. The walls are covered with frescoes from the
14th century.
Notable people
At Nocera had sped a big part of they life the painter
Francesco Solimena, and the writers
Jacopo Sannazzaro and
Domenico Rea and maybe was the birthplace of
Hugues de Payns, the founder of
the Templars;
San Ludovico D'Angiò; the footballers
Simone Barone and
Raffaele De Martino .
Originally from Nocera are the parents of
Italian American Mario Cuomo and
Warren Cuccurullo.
Transportation
Nocera is connected with Naples and
Avellino by a branch railway.
Nocera is connected with Naples, Avellino and Salerno by a branch railway.
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