Under the houses of the old town there is another town: tunnels and rooms cut into the tufa on three levels, joined by flights of steps, put at the ninth or tenth century and older than the dwellings above them. Above stands the Norman castle, raised against Byzantine raids: of its four corner towers three are left, since one was brought down by the earthquake of 1456, and a family still lives in it.
The saint most prayed to was Cesario of Terracina, martyred shut in a sack and thrown into the sea: for that very reason he was invoked here against the floods of the Vallone. Of the name nobody is sure: perhaps a Norman called Curolo, who made the Castrum Curoli — two intertwined C's are still on the arms — perhaps the Greek Tsungos.
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📅 Every year, on 19 July (Saint Crescentius) and 26 July (Saint Anne)
On 19 and 26 July Zungoli, a municipality of 1,197 inhabitants in the province of Avellino, celebrates its patrons Saint Crescentius and Saint Anne (san Crescenzo e sant'Anna).
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Outside Zungoli, but an easy day trip away.
