Celle di Bulgheria

Celle di Bulgheria probably arose around 700 AD, when a colony of Bulgarian soldiers arrived in the Benevento area: the Duke Romoaldo allowed a part of them to settle in the places around Cepino, Isernia and Boviano, and a part in the area of Paestum . Later they went to the slopes of the mountain which took the name of "Monte Bulgheria", where they founded some villages. Probably one of these villages hosted a colony of Italian-Greek monks and which included many cells separated from each other, with a church in common: hence the name "Celle". According to several historians, the feudal lord of Centola, in addition to requesting the village of Foria, also claimed that of Poderia, currently a belonging to the town Cell di Bulgheria.
In the 19th century, Celle di Bulgheria played a prominent role in the revolutionary movements of 1828, when the Cilentan people, encouraged by some patriots of Celle Bulgheria, including the Canon Reverend Antonio Maria De Luca, rose against Francesco I. The reverend told the inhabitants the advantages of the Constitution in a homily. When the Bourbon troops arrived, after a brief inaction, the reverend was arrested, excommunicated by the Archbishop of Salerno, and shot in Salerno on 28 July 1828.

Celle di Bulgheria probably arose around 700 AD, when a colony of Bulgarian soldiers arrived in the Benevento area: the Duke Romoaldo allowed a part of them to settle in the places around Cepino, Isernia and Boviano, and a part in the area of Paestum . Later they went to the slopes of the mountain which took the name of "Monte Bulgheria", where they founded some villages. Probably one of these villages hosted a colony of Italian-Greek monks and which included many cells separated from each other, with a church in common: hence the name "Celle". According to several historians, the feudal lord of Centola, in addition to requesting the village of Foria, also claimed that of Poderia, currently a belonging to the town Cell di Bulgheria.
In the 19th century, Celle di Bulgheria played a prominent role in the revolutionary movements of 1828, when the Cilentan people, encouraged by some patriots of Celle Bulgheria, including the Canon Reverend Antonio Maria De Luca, rose against Francesco I. The reverend told the inhabitants the advantages of the Constitution in a homily. When the Bourbon troops arrived, after a brief inaction, the reverend was arrested, excommunicated by the Archbishop of Salerno, and shot in Salerno on 28 July 1828.