Naples Trip Overview
Sant’Agata de ’Goti, a village in the province of Benevento, rises steeply on a tuff spur in the Caudina Valley, at the foot of Mount Taburno. Its architectural particularity earned it the Orange Flag and is part of the circuit of the most beautiful villages in Italy.
The plan of the historic center is made in a semicircle and measures one kilometer in length. All around extend the hills. In the northern area of the territory, necropolises dating back to 300 BC came to light.
Many churches to visit: the Duomo or Cathedral of the Assumption, founded in 970, preserves valuable artistic works and a Romanesque crypt. Every year the squares of the historic center host the altars for the passage of the procession and are decorated with thousands of colorful flowers.
Sant’Agata was often a film set. Enjoy an 8-hour tour of Campania including Benevento, Sant’Agata de’ Goti.
An amazing tour through stories and legends.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 to 9 hours
Starts: Naples, Italy
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Naples, Campania, Italy
Sant’Agata de ’Goti, a village in the province of Benevento, rises steeply on a tuff spur in the Caudina Valley, at the foot of Mount Taburno. Its architectural particularity earned it the Orange Flag and is part of the circuit of the most beautiful villages in Italy.
The plan of the historic center is made in a semicircle and measures one kilometer in length. All around extend the hills. In the northern area of the territory, necropolises dating back to 300 BC came to light.
Many churches to visit: the Duomo or Cathedral of the Assumption, founded in 970, preserves valuable artistic works and a Romanesque crypt. Every year the squares of the historic center host the altars for the passage of the procession and are decorated with thousands of colorful flowers.
Sant’Agata was often a film set. Enjoy an 8-hour tour of Campania including Benevento, Sant’Agata de’ Goti.
An amazing tour through stories and legends.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Benevento, Benevento, Province of Benevento, Campania
Benevento is a beautiful gothic and the first Samnite city. You can discover and join this city visiting its historical centre rich of churches and monuments as Arco di Traiano an amazing exemple of a Roman architecture.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Sant’Agata de’ Goti, Province of Benevento, Campania
Sant’Agata de’ Goti is another Samnite city. Instead during the Roman Empire it was a military cam and also a strategic stronghold. Now Sant’Agata de’Goti is very famous not only because it’s dioceses hosted Felice Peretti Who became Pope with the name of Sixtus V, but also for its variety of Romanesque, Norman and Byzantine churches.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Acquedotto Carolino, SS265, 81020 Valle di Maddaloni Italy
On the way back you can admire and take some pictures of the beautiful Carolino aqueduct, a majestic expression of the Italian artist and architect Luigi Vanvitelli.
Duration: 30 minutes
