Curti, Campania

Curti
Comune
Comune di Curti
Curti

Location of Curti in Italy

Coordinates: 41°5′N 14°16′E / 41.083°N 14.267°E / 41.083; 14.267Coordinates: 41°5′N 14°16′E / 41.083°N 14.267°E / 41.083; 14.267
Country Italy
Region Campania
Province Caserta (CE)
Area
  Total 1.73 km2 (0.67 sq mi)
Elevation 40 m (130 ft)
Population (31 August 2007)
  Total 7,102
  Density 4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 81040
Dialing code 0823
Patron saint Saint Roch of Montpellier
Saint day 3rd Sunday of September
Website Official website

Curti is a town and comune in the province of Caserta, in the Campania region of southern Italy.

Monuments and places of interest

Conocchia monument
Saint Michael Church

The Conocchia is the main monument of the country.It is a funerary monument that stands imposing and majestic on the route of the Via Appia, the popular name derives from the shape that recalls the distaff (or molten), object used to spin.According to tradition there was also buried Flavia Domitilla, niece of Vespasian, the Roman matron, because Christian persecution by Domitian.The Conocchia can be said of the most significant monuments that have come down to us retaining "almost all" their plastic character, since the major renovations made to the time of Ferdinand IV of Bourbon, and later still preserved the crumbling structures but have altered some particular aspect of the original.And along the Via Appia, still in the Curti, at the time of ancient Capua there was "Square Seplasia" with artisans who prepared fragrant ointments and cosmetics for women Capuan.

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