Avellino is a provincial capital and is 348 metres above sea level in the heart of a valley which lies between the pads of the Campanian Apennines. Avellino, one can visit the beautiful Cathedral built in the 12th century and later rebuilt. Around the Cathedral also develops part of Avellino, where there is the typical medieval style. As you move away from the city centre instead develop newly built districts. The city of Avellino has a large number of churches and monasteries. Until the end of the years ' 30, there were, in the Largo of the district (now freedom square), the Church of San Francesco d'assisi and the convent of Friars Minor Conventual, founded by Saint; and the Church of the Annunciation, with the convent of the Dominican fathers, now seat of the prefecture. The Mayor then fascist, saw fit to demolish the two churches, the Franciscan monastery, erasing forever two important historical and artistic sites, which until then had been able to boast of Avellino.