Compsa (Q5157069)

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Summary from Italiano / Italian Wikipedia (itwiki)

L'area archeologica di Compsa si trova in una vasta area sulla parte alta di una collina dell'Irpinia presso il fiume Ofanto, occupata fino al 23 novembre 1980 dalla cittadina di Conza della Campania rasa al suolo dal sisma. A seguito dei crolli e degli abbattimenti successivi eseguiti su tutto il borgo moderno, sono emersi il foro, l'anfiteatro, numerosi reperti di vario genere (epigrafi, sarcofagi, mosaici, ecc.) sistemati in un museo allestito in un edificio ristrutturato. In tutta l'area, già esplorata nel 1938 dall'archeologo Italo Sgobbo, sono presenti strutture di varie epoche, come l'antica cattedrale, sede arcivescovile per molti secoli.

Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Compsa (modern Conza della Campania) was an ancient city of the Hirpini, near the sources of the Aufidus, on the boundary of Lucania and not far from that of Apulia, on a ridge 609 m above sea level. It was betrayed to Hannibal in 216 BC after the defeat of Cannae, but recaptured two years later. It was probably occupied by Sulla in 89 BC, and was the scene of the death of Titus Annius Milo in 48 BC.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

Compsa était une ancienne cité des Hirpins située près des sources de l'Ofanto, non loin de l'ancienne Lucanie. Elle correspond à l'actuel Conza della Campania, province d'Avellino en Campanie,.

Summary from Català / Catalan Wikipedia (cawiki)

Compsa (en llatí Compsa, en grec antic Κῶμψα) va ser una ciutat dels hirpins, situada prop del naixement del riu Aufidus i propera als límits amb Lucània. Claudi Ptolemeu la fa una ciutat lucana, però Titus Livi diu expressament que pertanyia a Irpínia, i ho confirma Plini el Vell.

Wikidata location: 40.8693, 15.3308 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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way: Sito Archeologico di Compsa (OSM), 23 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Sito Archeologico di Compsa
name:en: Archaeological site of Compsa
tourism: attraction
historic: archaeological_site
wikidata: Q5157069
wikipedia: it:Area archeologica di Compsa
archaeological_site: city
historic:civilization: medieval

wikidata match: Q5157069

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locality (Q3257686) place=locality
city (Q515) place=city
administrative territorial entity (Q56061) boundary=administrative
archaeological site (Q839954) historic=archaeological_site

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Archaeological sites in Campania historic=archaeological_site
Former populated places in Italy landuse=residential, place, boundary=administrative, admin_level
Roman towns and cities in Magna Grecia place=suburb, place=town, place=city, place=village