Rustico in San Leucio del Sannio

The cluster is in the built-up area of Benevento, so the immediate setting is an inland provincial city in the Calore Irpino valley rather than open countryside. The Calore Irpino and the Sabato rivers meet here. The nearest higher ground is the beginning of the Campanian Apennine hills around the city, but there is no major mountain landscape inside the immediate radius. Benevento is the nearest town of size and has major Roman remains including the Arch of Trajan and the Roman theatre, and the church complex of Santa Sofia is part of the UNESCO serial site Longobards in Italy. The area is known for wine and olive growing in the wider Sannio.