Province of Avellino, Administrative province in Campania, Italy
The Province of Avellino is an administrative division in Campania that extends across the Apennine mountain range to green valleys and wooded slopes between Naples and Apulia. The area includes more than one hundred municipalities, among them hilltop medieval villages and the provincial capital Avellino.
Before Roman conquest, the Hirpini, a Samnite tribe, inhabited these mountains and named themselves after their sacred animal, the wolf. Norman rulers established one of the first counties in Southern Italy here during the 11th century, which later came under Aragonese and Bourbon rule.
The province produces wines with protected designation that grow on volcanic soils and are pressed by family estates in the hills around Tufo and Montefusco. In the mountain villages, residents harvest chestnuts and gather black truffles that appear in regional cooking.
The province is best explored by car, as many villages sit in the mountains along winding roads and public connections are limited. Hiking trails lead through beech forests and to abandoned settlements, which are pleasant to walk during spring and autumn.
A natural history museum in the city displays a specialized collection of cartilaginous fish, including sharks and rays from different seas. The exhibition documents anatomical features of this ancient group of animals, which have inhabited the oceans for millions of years.
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