Scenes from Aquilonia, Italy, a city in the Avellino region of Campania from which many Italians immigrated to Montclair.
Montclair maintains an active connection with Aquilonia through the efforts of Raffaele Marzullo, who championed the town’s designation as Montclair’s sister city. In celebration of the partnership, members of the Montclair town council have visited Aquilonia and Aquilonians visited New Jersey and New York.
The Aquilonia Club, located just across the street from Our Lady of Mount Carmel, has been a fixture in the community for over forty years, serving as a gathering space for Italian-Americans from the region. Today, it remains one of the last active groups representing this particular area, with many first-generation immigrants from Aquilonia still active in the community.
