DUOMO

The Duomo, or Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, dominates the hill on which the Lombards founded the city of Avellino. Nothing remains of the original building; the current construction dates back to the ^12th century, with a ^19th-century neoclassical façade. The crypt alone is worth a visit, with its forest of columns supporting vaults adorned with ^18th-century stuccowork and paintings. To the right of the Duomo, the Romanesque campanile rests on a base scaffolded with fragments of Roman remains from the ^1st century BC.