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The Volturno River rises in the Abruzzese central Apennines of Samnium near Rocchetta a Volturno (province of Isernia, Molise) and flows southeast as far as its junction with the Calore River near Caiazzo and runs south as far as Venafro, and then turns southwest, past Capua, to enter the Tyrrhenian Sea in Castel Volturno, northwest of Naples. The river is 175 km long.
After a course of some 120 km it receives, about 8 km east of Caiazzo, the Calore River. The united stream now flows west-southwest past Capua, where the Via Appia and Latina joined just to the north of the bridge over it, and so through the Campanian plain, with many windings, into the sea. The direct length of the lower course is about 50 km, so that the whole is slightly longer than that of the Liri-Garigliano, and its basin far larger.
The river has always had considerable military importance, and the colony of Volturnum (Castel Volturno) was founded in 194 BC at its mouth on the south bank by the Romans; it is now about one mile inland. A fort had already been placed there during the Roman siege of Capua to serve, with Puteoli , for the provisioning of the army. Augustus placed a colony of veterans here. The Via Domitiana from Sinuessa to Puteoli crossed the river at this point, and some remains of the bridge are visible. The river was navigable as far as Capua. In 554 , the Byzantine general Narses a Frankish army near this river, during the Gothic War .
Following the invasion of southern Italy by revolutionary forces led by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860, Francis II of the Two Sicilies fled from Naples and took up a defensive position on the south bank of the Volturno, near S. Maria di Capua Vetere . The Piedmontese troops and those of Garibaldi inflicted on the Neapolitan forces at the battle of the Volturno , on October 1 and 2, a defeat which led to the fall of Capua. The Volturno also gave its name to the Volturno Line , a German defensive position in Italy during World War II.
After a course of some 120 km it receives, about 8 km east of Caiazzo, the Calore River. The united stream now flows west-southwest past Capua, where the Via Appia and Latina joined just to the north of the bridge over it, and so through the Campanian plain, with many windings, into the sea. The direct length of the lower course is about 50 km, so that the whole is slightly longer than that of the Liri-Garigliano, and its basin far larger.
The river has always had considerable military importance, and the colony of Volturnum (Castel Volturno) was founded in 194 BC at its mouth on the south bank by the Romans; it is now about one mile inland. A fort had already been placed there during the Roman siege of Capua to serve, with Puteoli , for the provisioning of the army. Augustus placed a colony of veterans here. The Via Domitiana from Sinuessa to Puteoli crossed the river at this point, and some remains of the bridge are visible. The river was navigable as far as Capua. In 554 , the Byzantine general Narses a Frankish army near this river, during the Gothic War .
Following the invasion of southern Italy by revolutionary forces led by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860, Francis II of the Two Sicilies fled from Naples and took up a defensive position on the south bank of the Volturno, near S. Maria di Capua Vetere . The Piedmontese troops and those of Garibaldi inflicted on the Neapolitan forces at the battle of the Volturno , on October 1 and 2, a defeat which led to the fall of Capua. The Volturno also gave its name to the Volturno Line , a German defensive position in Italy during World War II.
The Volturno River
"Quando si parla degli italiani in America, quando si parla degli italoamericani, quando si parla dei figli e dei nipoti dei nostri emigranti, quando si parla di tutti voi e di ciò che rappresentate... Quello che avete fatto nel passato e fate nel presente, quello che i vostri figli faranno nel futuro, è un patrimonio che non appartiene ad una parte, è un patrimonio che appartiene a tutta la nazione. Siete voi i veri ambasciatori dell'Italia negli Stati Uniti... Quando si parla dell'Italia negli Stati Uniti, non si parla soltanto dei presidenti, che passano, degli ambasciatori che passano, quando si parla dell'Italia negli Stati Uniti si parla di tante donne e tanti uomini come voi che rimangono e che hanno messo le radici, perché sono una delle tante fantastiche risorse di cui può godere questa fantastica società americana. E Pluribus Unum, da tanti l'unità, questa identità americana che è diventata nel corso del tempo sinonimo di libertà, di dignità della persona, di lotta per la democrazia, identità che è stata costruita anche dal lavoro e dal sacrificio di tante donne e di tanti uomini che venivano dalla nostra cara Italia".
Gianfranco Fini
Presidente Della Camera
4 Febbraio 2010 - Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City
Presidente Della Camera
4 Febbraio 2010 - Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City
