Casaluce
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| name = Casaluce
| official_name = Comune di Casaluce
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| region = Campania
| province = Caserta (CE)
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| mayor = Nazzaro Pagano
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| area_total_km2 = 9.4
| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
| population_total = 10283
| population_as_of = 31 December 2010
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| population_demonym = Casalucesi
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| elevation_m = 68
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| postal_code = 81030
| area_code = 081
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.casaluce.ce.it/}}
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Casaluce (Homelight in English, Domus Lux in Latin) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about {{convert|20|km|mi}} north of Naples and about {{convert|13|km|mi|0}} southwest of Caserta.
Casaluce borders the following municipalities: Aversa, Frignano, San Tammaro, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Teverola.
History
Most likely Casaluce originated on the ruins of late Roman imperial ruins, a village being mentioned in the Cronaca Volturnese of 964 AD. In the early 11th century the first Normans immigrants had a base here. A castle was built by them in the place, in 1030 by Robert Guiscard,{{cite book|author=Padre Polieni da Siderno|title= Historia del real castello di Casaluce|location=Naples|year=1622 }} or 1060, by Rainulf Drengot, depending from the sources.{{cite book|first=A.|last= Costa |title=Rammemorazione historica dell’effige di Santa Maria di Casaluce|location=Naples|year=1709 }} The castle was destroyed by Roger II of Sicily after his victory against Drengot's successor, Richard II of Aversa. Roger later allowed a reconstruction of the structure, which was used as a military and tax-collection outpost under the Hohenstaufen dynasty, as a fief of the Casaluccia family. Later it was a possession of the del Balzo.
In 1360 the Celestine monks acquired the castle, adding a Gothic church annexed to it which became a centre of veneration of an image of the Virgin.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070501150342/http://www.santuariodicasaluce.it/ Sanctuary of Casaluce] {{in lang|it}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Campania
Category:Benedictine monasteries in Italy
Category:Monasteries in Campania
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