La Casa di Brigida

We speak Italian, French and English. We offer you a typical Italian apartment. Quiet, warm and clean. Newly renovated and completely furnished. If you want to rest, visit and enjoy...this is the place to be! Customer said: The house is clean and the reception is warm. The house is in the center of Alife. The kitchen is complete. The bathroom can only be reached outside via the staircase. The town counts a railway station on the Alifana Railway line Santa Maria Capua Vetere-Piedimonte Matese. It is linked with regional trains to the main stations of Caserta and Napoli Centrale. The guests can acces all the available space entering the gates. Lucia and Giuseppe live in Canada. We are available by email, phone and other media. We have close relatives that live close to our apartment that can help when needed. Quiet neighbourhood. Even though it is close to a convent of nuns that teach kindergarten this is a very quiet and resting place. This apartment is walking distance to bus and train stations. Parking space is available on via SAN Francesco. Walking distance to the Bakery, Fruits and Vegetables, General Store and Butcher. Tuesday is “il MERCATO” a flea market on the streets of Alife. Alife's main attractions include: The Roman amphitheatre, still partially covered by earth: with dimensions of 48 by 38 metres (157 by 125 ft), it was the fourth largest in Italy after those of Rome, Pompeii and Capua. The Mausoleum of Acilii Glabriones, outside the city walls. Other Roman tombs, including a great Tower (the so-called Torrione) can be seen on State Route SS.158. One has been turned into the church of Madonna delle Grazie. The Roman Cryptoporticum, a well-preserved gallery more than 100 metres (330 ft) long. The Castle, which probably existed before Lombard times, though the first records of it date from 1127. Alife Cathedral (1132). After the severe earthquakes of 1456 and 1688, it was largely rebuilt in Baroque style and reopened in 1692. The interior has maintained noteworthy elements of the Lombard-Norman edifice, including two arcades decorated with sculptures of animals (including the elephant, heraldic symbol of the city established by the d'Aquino family, who ruled Alife from 1221 to 1269) and saints. Also interesting is the Romanesque crypt, which houses the relics of Pope Sixtus I, brought here by Rainulf III: it has a rectangular plan and columns from the ancient Roman theater. Some of the capitals are ancient, while others are mediaeval copies of the Roman originals.