Serino

Between myth, traditions and food and wine excellences, Serino is a foothill town with countless peculiarities that make it unique in the Irpinia panorama Linked to the events of the mythical city of Sabatia, built in pre-Roman times along the banks of the river Sabato, and from whose disintegration after the victory of the Romans over Hannibal, in the Second Punic War, the current village with all its declined fragmentations originated. today in the 24 hamlets, Serino has had a strategic rol read more

Between myth, traditions and food and wine excellences, Serino is a foothill town with countless peculiarities that make it unique in the Irpinia panorama Linked to the events of the mythical city of Sabatia, built in pre-Roman times along the banks of the river Sabato, and from whose disintegration after the victory of the Romans over Hannibal, in the Second Punic War, the current village with all its declined fragmentations originated. today in the 24 hamlets, Serino has had a strategic role thanks to its considerable water reserves which, through the Serino Aqueduct, an imposing water work of the Augustan period, built between 33 and 12 BC to solve the problem of water supply of the port of Puteoli and of the Roman fleet stationed in Capo Miseno, supplying the present-day cities of Naples and Cuma along its route. Testimony of this ancient past that winks at the legend, is the Archaeological and Environmental Park of Civita di Ogliara, dating back to the sixteenth century, in which there is still a wall of Lombard origin, with a circumference of about 2 km which, thanks to a restoration work that has brought to light towers and curtains, it could correspond precisely to the fortified perimeter of Sabatia. Built in 1550, the Church of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus Christ is one of the religious symbols of Serino and features paintings of extraordinary artistic value, attributed to Francesco Guarini, Angelo Solimena and Michele Ricciardi. Architecturally remodeled over the centuries, it remains one of the most dear monuments to the Serinese community also thanks to the presence of a lime tree over 200 years old that stands out in front of the church façade. read less