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SAN LUPO, ITALY
San Lupo is the name of a hill town and comune in the province of Benevento, in the Campania region of southern Italy. San Lupo is located about 40 miles north of Naples. At the time of the Durante and DiSanto exodus to America, San Lupo was predominately a farming community.
The first settlement dates back to the period between the 10th and 11th century AD by Benedictine monks who were attracted to these lands and called them "San Lupo and Zosimus." A major earthquake in 1456 caused serious damage, and forced the population to move upstream, where the village was rebuilt. In 1688, another earthquake destroyed much of the rebuilt village. The survivors rebuilt it on the hill above, where homes had not suffered very much damage, due to the rocky nature of the soil.
San Lupo was later a fief of various noble families. In 1877 the town was the starting point of a failed uprising against the Italian government by the anarchists Malatesta and Cafiero. There was mass emigration to the United States, Canada and South America at the end of the 19th century. After the Second World War there was another wave of emigration to Australia.
