Province of Caserta, Administrative province in Campania, Italy
The Province of Caserta is an administrative unit of the Campania region in southern Italy, covering more than a hundred municipalities between the Matese mountains and the Tyrrhenian coast. The territory includes fertile plains crossed by the Volturno river as well as wooded hillsides inland.
The territory belonged to the Terra di Lavoro region until 1927, when Mussolini dissolved it and divided it among several provinces. After the end of World War II, the Province of Caserta was created in 1945 as an independent administrative unit.
The name comes from medieval Caserta Vecchia, a hillside settlement that visitors can still explore today as a ruined town. This province blends centuries-old traditions of buffalo mozzarella production with wide rural communities where craft workshops and farming estates can be found.
The province is easily accessible via the motorway and railway line between Rome and Naples, with several municipalities having their own train stations. Visitors can head for individual towns or drive through the rural landscape to explore different settlements.
The provincial capital housed the headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe after World War II. The first Allied war crimes trial also took place here in 1945, before the Nuremberg trials began.
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