Forino

Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Forino
img_coa = Forino-Stemma.png img_coa_small =


image_caption =
region = RegioneIT|sigla=CAM
province = #ifeq:CAM|VAO|none|ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=AV (AV)
mayor =
mayor_party =
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 420
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 20.49
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 2005
population_total = 5300
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 254
coordinates = coord|40|51|49|N|14|44|13|E|region:IT_type:city(5300)
gentilic = Forinesi
telephone = 0825
postalcode = 83020
frazioni = Petruro, Celzi, Castello
saint = San Nicola di Bari
day = 6 December
mapx = #expr:40 + 51 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:14 + 44 / 60.0
locator_position =
native_name = Forino
name = Forino
website = http://www.comune.forino.av.it/

Forino is a town (commune) in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy.

Battle

On 8 May 663 AD the town was the scene of a battle between the Byzantine army of Constans II and the Lombard army of Romuald I of Benevento, son of Grimoald I and duke of Benevento.According to legend, St. Michael made an apparition in this battle on the side of the Lombards.After this crushing defeat Constans retired to Naples and gave up his attempts to expel the Lombards from south Italy.

Other sources tells us the battle took place at Calore River, where it joins with the river Volturno .

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