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Name: Nusco (supposed origin by Nubuscus/ Nusci/ Nodo/ Nosco) N 40° 53’ 12,46’’   E 15° 05’ 05,50’’ Area: Kmq^2 53,46 Inhabitants at the 2005 census: 4900. Nusco is a town of the Avellino province of the Campania region of Italy. It is situated in mountainous terrain in the eastern part of Avellino, at an elevation of 914 m. It is called “the balcony of Irpinia” because of the landscape you can see. It was founded in X century. In the XI century it became “civitas” because it was chosen as a bishop’s residence. The first bishop was Amato Landone, later made the saint patron of the town. The Lombards built in Nusco a castle to defend the valley from the Ofanto river to the Calore one. It played a very important role between Irpinia’s people until the XVII century. In the 1656 a plague struck Irpinia killing up to a third of Nusco’s population. In addition to its drastic effect on people, the plague irrevocably changed Nusco’s social structure. It started to lose its economic power, and until the second half of the XX century Nusco’s history is strictly linked to the history of the Church. The earthquake in 1980 did not destroyed the most ancient and important buildings, so that Nusco has still got the medieval fascination


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