Information AboutVolturno |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT VOLTURNO | |
| rivers of italy | |
| rivers of molise | |
| rivers of campania | |
| SHOPPER'S DELIGHT | |
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In 554 , the Byzantine general Narses Defeated a Frankish - Alamannic army near this river, during the Gothic War . Following the invasion of southern Italy by revolutionary forces led by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860, Francis II Of The Two Sicilies fled from Naples and took up a defensive position behind the Volturno. Garibaldi's troops defeated the Neapolitan forces at the Battle Of The Volturno on October 1st and 2nd. The Volturno also gave its name to the Volturno Line , a German defensive position in Italy during World War II . |