Province / Metropolitan city (AV) Demonym(s) Bisaccesi Local time Thursday 6:48 PM Postal code 83044 Dialling code 0827 | Elevation 860 m (2,820 ft) Area 101.4 km² Patron saint Anthony of Padua | |
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Frazioni Calaggio, Macchitella, Oscata, Pastina, Pedurza, Piani San Pietro, Tuoro Weather 8°C, Wind W at 26 km/h, 67% Humidity | ||
Bisaccia is an Italian town and comune, population 4,382, situated in the province of Avellino. It borders the communes of Andretta, Aquilonia, Calitri, Guardia Lombardi, Lacedonia, Scampitella and Vallata.
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Map of 83044 Bisaccia Province of Avellino, Italy
Bisaccia has its own Bisaccese dialect.
History
Bisaccia's Castle, made by the Lombards, was repaired by Emperor Frederick II, who went to hunt in the woods near Bisaccia. Famous writers as Torquato Tasso and Francesco de Sanctis visited Bisaccia.
After the 1980 Irpinia earthquake, a new town was built near the historic centre.
Ecclesiastical History
It was a bishopric from before 1100. In 1540, the Diocese of Bisaccia was suppressed and its territory merged into the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Bisaccia, which became the present Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi–Conza–Nusco–Bisaccia.