Raviscanina is a comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Caserta

Province of Caserta

The Province of Caserta is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Caserta. The former royal palace of Caserta is located near to the city.It has an area of 2,639 km², and a total population of 879,342...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Campania

Campania

Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...

, located about 60 km north of Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

 and about 35 km north of Caserta

Caserta

Caserta is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy. It is an important agricultural, commercial and industrial comune and city. Caserta is located on the edge of the Campanian plain at the foot of the Campanian Subapennine mountain range...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,367 and an area of 24.5 km².

Raviscanina borders the following municipalities: Ailano

Ailano

Ailano is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km north of Naples and about 35 km northwest of Caserta....

, Pietravairano

Pietravairano

Pietravairano is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km north of Naples and about 35 km northwest of Caserta.-External links:*...

, Prata Sannita

Prata Sannita

Prata Sannita is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 70 km north of Naples and about 40 km northwest of Caserta....

, Sant'Angelo d'Alife

Sant'Angelo d'Alife

Sant'Angelo d'Alife is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km north of Naples and about 35 km north of Caserta...

, Vairano Patenora

Vairano Patenora

Vairano Patenora is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km north of Naples and about 35 km northwest of Caserta.-History:...

, Valle Agricola

Valle Agricola

Valle Agricola is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km north of Naples and about 40 km north of Caserta...

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History

The city is famous as the fief of Count Richard of Rupecanina.

Scholar Antonio Mastrobuono was born in Raviscanina. Mastrobuono is a respected author of numerous philosophical works particularly on Dante.

Main sights

In the nearby are the ruins of the castle of Rupecanina, built by the Normans over a pre-existing Samnite

Samnium

Samnium is a Latin exonym for a region of south or south and central Italy in Roman times. The name survives in Italian today, but today's territory comprising it is only a small portion of what it once was. The populations of Samnium were called Samnites by the Romans...

fortress.