Faicchio is a small village in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region of Campania, located about 50km northeast of Naples and about 30km northwest of Benevento.

Faicchio borders the following villages: Cusano Mutri, Gioia Sannitica, Puglianello, Ruviano, San Lorenzello, San Salvatore Telesino.

Faicchio is located a few kilometers from Terme di Telese.

Notable people

• Eugenio Bianchi, theoretical physicist born in Faicchio

• Luigi Palmieri, physicist, meteorologist, politician born in Faicchio and died in Naples.

• Clotilde Micheli, founder of the Sisters of the Angels, is buried in Faicchio.

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