Avellino has completed the installation of 78 new surveillance cameras, bringing the city's reported network from 76 to 154 devices. Local press reported the completion on 22 October, describing coverage across public parks, the bus station, the historic centre and main access routes.

The overall network has therefore roughly doubled in size, rather than adding an isolated set of cameras in one area.

What changed

The 78-camera installation is a city-wide expansion. According to IrpiniaNews, it extends coverage beyond the previous 76 devices to a reported total of 154.

Ottopagine reports that the broader 78-camera project was financed with €461,000 from the Ministry and was designed to cover both central and peripheral areas. That financing context helps explain the scale of the intervention: this is not a small addition to a single square, but a planned extension of the municipal system.

A planned arrangement for 24-hour monitoring by the Questura was also reported. The available sources describe that arrangement as planned; they do not independently confirm that round-the-clock monitoring is already operational.

Where the new cameras are

For residents and visitors, the most practical detail is location. Reported coverage includes:

  • Parco Kennedy: eight cameras reported as part of the city-wide installation
  • Parco Santo Spirito–Manganelli: four cameras reported
  • Villa comunale
  • Autostazione di via Fariello: five cameras reported
  • The historic centre and several city access routes and traffic junctions

Parks are a distinct and visible part of the project. Il Mattino separately reports six additional cameras in Piazza Kennedy park, placed at entrances, near the children's play area and in heavily used areas. Taken together with the eight Parco Kennedy cameras reported in the wider installation, the evidence indicates that Piazza Kennedy and Parco Kennedy have received additional local coverage as part of the broader expansion.

The sources do not give a precise camera-by-camera count for every street, entrance or public facility. Readers should therefore treat the published numbers for Parco Kennedy, Parco Santo Spirito–Manganelli and the bus station as confirmed examples, not as a complete map of all 78 devices.

What this means for visitors

If you are visiting Avellino, the expansion is most relevant in the places visitors use most: public parks, the bus station in via Fariello and the historic centre.

Parco Kennedy, Parco Santo Spirito–Manganelli and the Villa comunale are explicitly named in the reported coverage. The bus station is another practical reference point, with five cameras reported at the Autostazione di via Fariello. City entrances and major junctions are included in the reported plan, although the sources do not publish a full list of monitored intersections.

This does not change how visitors use these spaces. It means that parks, transit points and central routes are now more extensively covered by the municipal surveillance network than before.

What is still unclear

Several details are not confirmed in the retrieved material:

  • No official Comune di Avellino project document was available in the reviewed sources to independently confirm the final 154-device total.
  • The sources do not provide a technical breakdown of camera models, recording retention periods, access controls or privacy safeguards.
  • The 24-hour monitoring arrangement with the Questura remains described as planned, not confirmed as operational.
  • Exact camera numbers for individual streets and entrances beyond the named parks and bus station are not quantified.

For now, the verified picture is clear on scale and priority areas — 78 additions, from 76 to 154 devices, focused on parks, the centre, the bus station and access routes — while operational and technical details await further official documentation.