Baia e Latina

Baia e Latina is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of Naples and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Caserta.

Baia e Latina
Comune
Comune di Baia e Latina
Church of Madonna delle Grazie.
Location of Baia e Latina
Baia e Latina
Location of Baia e Latina in Italy
Baia e Latina
Baia e Latina (Campania)
Coordinates: 41°18′N 14°15′E
CountryItaly
RegionCampania
ProvinceCaserta (CE)
FrazioniLatina, Contra
Government
 • MayorGiuseppe Di Cerbo
Area
[1]
 • Total24.5 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Elevation
123 m (404 ft)
Population
 (31 March 2017)[2]
 • Total2,158
 • Density88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Baiardi and Latinesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
81010
Dialing code0823
WebsiteOfficial website

The town hall is located in the locality called Baia, Latina is a former hamlet now part of the inhabited center; therefore it is not a scattered municipality.

Baia Latina borders the following municipalities: Alife, Dragoni, Pietravairano, Roccaromana, Sant'Angelo d'Alife. It was once formed by two separate settlements, Baia and Latina, but over time the two merged.

History

The origins of Baia Latina are uncertain and, historically, its name appears in 979 in the bull of Santo Stefano di Caiazzo.According to Marciano Rossi, the ancient (Baia) was an Etruscan colony, a hypothesis perhaps confirmed by the discovery of amphorae, depicted in the Latin Goddess. Latina was, on the other hand, a colony because of the Vayardis settled there.

Chiesa di San Vito Martire

Monuments and places of interest
  • Church of San Vito martire: of eighteenth-century origin, it has undergone numerous restorations over the years that have progressively distorted its original appearance.
  • Church of Santo Stefano: the church has a modern structure built at the end of 1900.[3]
Chiesa di Santo Stefano
  • Scotti Palace
  • Church of the Madonna delle Grazie
  • Church of San Lorenzo
  • Church of the Annunciation: the church overlooks the SP 289 and is easily recognizable by the monumental access staircase and by its apparently simple appearance.[4]
  • Church of Santa Maria Assunta
  • Ponte dell'Inferno (or dell'Oloferne) Roman bridge of the Via Latina, over the Volturno river
  • Medieval village with Norman castle and towers

Economy

The economy is based on agriculture (cereals, fodder, vegetables, grapes), on breeding (mainly cattle and buffaloes) with the production of milk and derivatives. In the area the Terre del Volturno wines are produced in the white, red and rosé varieties.

References
  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  3. "Chiesa di Santo Stefano". chieseitaliane.chiesacattolica.it (in Italian). 24 August 2015.
  4. "La Chiesa dell'Annunziata". mediovolturno.guideslow.it (in Italian). 11 June 2019.

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