Conza della Campania

Conza della Campania
Comune
Comune di Conza della Campania

Coat of arms
Conza della Campania

Location of Conza della Campania in Italy

Coordinates: 40°52′N 15°20′E / 40.867°N 15.333°E / 40.867; 15.333Coordinates: 40°52′N 15°20′E / 40.867°N 15.333°E / 40.867; 15.333
Country Italy
Region Campania
Province / Metropolitan city Avellino (AV)
Government
 • Mayor Raffaele Vito Farese
Area
 • Total 52.14 km2 (20.13 sq mi)
Elevation 594 m (1,949 ft)
Population (2006)
 • Total 1,445
 • Density 28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Conzani
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 83040
Dialing code 0827
Website Official website

Conza della Campania (or Conza di Campania; formerly called Compsa, commonly known as Conza) is a comune (municipality) and former Latin Catholic (arch)bishopric in the province of Avellino in the region of Campania in southern Italy.

History

Early history

Compsa was an ancient city of the Hirpinin occupied by the Carthaginian conqueror Hannibal in 216 BC.

Medieval and modern history

During the Early Middle Ages it was a gastaldate in the Principality of Salerno. In 973 the gastald (city-bsed Lombard royal domain district adùinsitrator and judge) Landulf seized the principality.

Later it belonged to the Balvano, the Gesualdo and the Mirelli families.

Recent history

The town was almost completely destroyed by the 1980 Irpinia earthquake. It was rebuilt in the area called Piano delle Briglie, 8 kilometres (5 mi) from the former center. Conza della Campania is now a turistic attraction, since it can count among its territory the WWF Oasi, including the lake of Conza and the area outside, the biggest Oasi in Southern Italy. Conza della Campania has also about 10,000 visitors a year at its Archeological site, Compsa, discovered after the earthquake of 1980 that destroyed the old town. The only activity working today in the old Conza is the restaurant " Zia Michelina ", from which there is a wonderful view of the lake and all the area of Alta Irpinia.

Ecclesiastical history

Around 800 AD 800, a Diocese of Conza was established.

In 1100 the bishopric was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Conza.

On 27 June 1818, it gained territory from the suppressed bishopricss of Monteverde and Satriano, whose titles were not adopted.

On 30 September 1921, it was renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Conza–Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Bisaccia, reflecting it had gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Bisaccia, but it also had lost territory to establish the bishopric of Campagna

On 1986.09.30 it was suppressed and its territory reassigned to establish the Archdiocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia|]], which includes its triple title. Conza's former cathedral episcopal see remains a Co-Cathedral: Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta, dedicated to the Assumption of Our Lady.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Conza

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Metropolitan Archbishops of Conza
Metropolitan Archbishops of Conza–Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Bisaccia

Sights and monuments

See also

References

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