Editing Cerreto Sannita

'''Cerreto Sannita''' is a small town (or 'comune') in [[Italy]] which had a population of 4,198 inhabitants as of 2009 in the province of [[Benevento]]; located 35 km northeast of Benevento.
The town is located on a hill in the [[Titerno]] valley, surrounded by the Turio and Cappuccino creeks.
This town is known for its production of artistic pottery, a tradition which dates back to the 18th century.

Cerreto Sannita served as a location for three important movies: Maddalena (with [[Gino Cervi]] and [[Marta Thoren]]); La bella mugnaia (with [[Sophia Loren]], [[Marcello Mastroianni]] e [[Vittorio De Sica]]); I briganti italiani (with [[Vittorio Gassman]] and [[Ernest Borgnine]]).

The comune of Cerreto Sannita covers an area of 33.3 square kilometres. Until the [[Italian unification]] the town covered a greater area which included the two geographic fractions of Civitella Licinio and San Lorenzello; the first later became a fraction of [[Cusano Mutri]] and the second became an autonomous comune.

The water courses which are present in the area are primarily creeks. They are:
*the [[Titerno]] river which has its source in Pietraroja and flows in Cerreto Sannita after passing through the valley between the Erbano and Cigno mounts. On its levees, [[clay]] was once extracted and used to make pottery;
*the [[Turio]] creek has its source near 'Madonna della Libera', and after a small subterranean tract it flows right into the Titerno;
*the Cappuccini creek has its source near Coppe mount. It was called Cappuccini because it flows near the convent of Madonna delle Grazie, belonging to Capuchin friars;
*the Selvatico creek. The name, which means "savage", echoes the fact that this creek used to flood the circumstantial plains during a very rainy season. It was also called Vagno.