Country Italy Frazioni Triflisco Demonym(s) Bellonesi Area 11.7 km² Local time Thursday 4:33 PM Region Campania | Province / Metropolitan city Caserta (CE) Elevation 63 m (207 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Province Province of Caserta Postal code 81041 Dialling code 0823 | |
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Bellona is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Naples and about 14 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Caserta.
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Map of 81041 Bellona Province of Caserta, Italy
Bellona borders the following municipalities: Camigliano, Capua, Pontelatone, Vitulazio.
History
The town takes its name from the Roman goddess Bellona, who had a temple devoted to her in the area. Recent excavations also have shown the likely presence of another temple of Mercury.
When the Saracens destroyed the ancient Capua in 841, some of their inhabitants moved to the Palmobara hill (the modern Bellon's frazione of Triflisco) founding the town of Sicopoli. This was also destroyed by the Saracens in 856. Bellona continued to be a frazione of Capua until the Nepoleonic Age (1806).
On 7 October 1943 German soldiers shot 54 of Bellona's citizens. Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro awarded the town the Golden Medal of Military Valour to reward the town's contribution to the Resistance in World War II.