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Founded in the 7th century by the Lombards, the Benevento Cathedral reached its zenith in the 12th-13th centuries when it was rebuilt in the Romanesque style and adorned with its famous bronze doors. Tragically, the cathedral was almost completely destroyed by Allied bombing in 1943, though its greatest treasure—the bronze doors—was saved. After the war, the cathedral was reconstructed in a modern Romanesque style and reconsecrated in 1965, becoming a powerful symbol of the city's resilience where visitors can still see the surviving original façade, the bell tower, and the rescued doors.

Landmark Roman gateway with carved stone reliefs, built around 114 A.D. in honor of Emperor Trajan.

Excellent place to stop after a tough uphill stretch. The road continues uphill while the detour leads to the Toppo di Monaco refuge

The Arch of Trajan is a unique work in the world. Symbol of Benevento, it represents a well-preserved testimony of Roman civilization.

The Roman theatre of Benevento had a capacity of fifteen thousand people, a testimony to the importance that the city enjoyed during the imperial age.

The Roman bridge is beautiful, again on the Calore river, a little further downstream.

The Cathedral of Benevento, now reborn, crumbled under the bombs of American planes which in 1943

The Apis Ox in the Benevento popular tradition does not represent an ideal of beauty, if to define a particularly ugly and ungainly woman it is said that: "Pare 'a vùfera 'e vasci'a Madonna" (It looks like the hoax that is down at the Madonna delle Grazie ).