Aquilonia

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = aquilonia-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Aquilonia
name =Aquilonia
region = Campania
province = Avellino (AV)
elevation_m = 750
area_total_km2 = 55
population_as_of = December 31, 2004
population_total = 2074
population_density_km2 =38
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|40|59|N|15|28|E
mapx=40.9
mapy=15.45
frazioni =
telephone = 0827
postalcode = 83041
gentilic = Aquiloniesi
saint = St. Vitus
day = June 15
mayor =
website = [http://www.comune.aquilonia.av.it www.comune.aquilonia.av.it]

Aquilonia is a town and "comune" in the province of Avellino, part of the Campania region of Italy. It is situated in mountainous terrain in the eastern part of Avellino, at an elevation of 750 m.

The town was originally part of Samnium; the Samnite Wars came to an end in 293 BC with the Samnites' defeat by the Romans in the battle of Aquilonia nearby. Later the Lombards called the town Carbonara or Carunar because a major local occupation was charcoal making, but the original name was restored after the unification of Italy.

On 23 July 1930 a major earthquake destroyed the town, and it was rebuilt at a higher location nearby.

External links

* [http://www.italyworldclub.com/campania/avellino/aquilonia.htm Aquilonia info]