Frasso Telesino Explained

Frasso Telesino
Official Name:Comune di Frasso Telesino
Coordinates:41.15°N 46°W
Province:Benevento (BN)
Frazioni:Nansignano
Mayor:Pasquale Viscusi
Area Total Km2:21.82
Population Total:2180
Population As Of:1 January 2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Demonym:Frassesi
Postal Code:82030
Area Code:0824
Istat:062035

Frasso Telesino is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 40 km northeast of Naples and about 20 km west of Benevento.

Frasso Telesino borders the following municipalities: Cautano, Dugenta, Melizzano, Sant'Agata de' Goti, Solopaca, Tocco Caudio, Vitulano. It is located on the western slopes of the Monte Taburno.

Sights include the hermitage of San Michele, the Palazzo Gambacorta and the 18th century church of Madonna di Campanile.

People

American jazz musician Mike Mosiello was born in Frasso Telesino and was in 2003 honored with a plaque in his old hometown.[2]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Resident population . Istat . 1 January 2020 . 4 April 2021 . 31 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831200256/http://demo.istat.it/pop2020/index3_e.html . dead .
  2. http://bixbeiderbecke.com/mosiello/mosiellotributeplaque6.jpeg