Sabato (river)

The Sabato (Fiume Sabato) is a river in southern Italy. It is a tributary of the Calore Irpino (Calore Beneventano) and joins it at Benevento. It has a catchment basin of 459 square kilometres (177 sq mi).

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Coordinates: 41°08′N 014°45′E / 41.133°N 14.750°E / 41.133; 14.750

Benevento

Benevento [beneˈvɛnto]  listen  (Neapolitan: Beneviento) is a city and comune of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill 130 metres (430 ft) above sea-level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the Sabato. It is also the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop.

Benevento occupies the site of the ancient Beneventum, originally Maleventum or still earlier Maloenton. The "-vent" portion of the name probably refers to a market-place and is a common element in ancient place names. The Romans theorized that it meant "the site of bad events", from Mal(um) + eventum. In the imperial period it was supposed to have been founded by Diomedes after the Trojan War.

Due to its artistic and cultural significance, the Santa Sofia Church in Benevento was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011, as part of a group of seven historic buildings inscribed as Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568–774 A.D.).