Medintur Italia: Telese Terme

Telese Terme Italy

In 460 a Diocese of Telese/Thelesin(us) (Latin adjective) was established here. After falling into decay following the Gothic War, it was conquered by the Lombards and incorporated into the Lombard Duchy of Benevento as the seat of a gastaldry (administrative district). The city was destroyed in 847 and 860 by Saracens, and again in the 11th century during the war between King Roger II of Sicily and the Norman counts of mainland southern Italy. A new Telesia was later built, but it was again devastated in 1349, this time by an earthquake. Its former cathedral, Santa Croce, dedicated to the Holy Cross and now in ruins, was decommissioned after the bishops transferred their see to nearby Cerreto Sannita. The diocese, however, retained the alternative title Diocese of Telese, even after it was merged into the Diocese of Cerreto Sannita–Telese–Sant’Agata de’ Goti. In 1883, after the Unification of Italy, thermal baths were built, which led to the current full name Telese Terme (since 1991). Telese became an independent municipality in 1934.

Recommended airport

Salerno Pontecagnano Airport (QSR)

Nearby destinations

Telese Terme, Italy

Telese Terme Italy