Capracotta (IS)

2015

Capracotta è un comune italiano di 871 abitanti della provincia di Isernia, in Molise. Si trova a 1.421 metri sul livello del mare ed è, dopo Rocca di Cambio, il comune più alto dell'Appennino. Ha fatto parte del Regno di Napolie del Regno delle Due Sicilie. Nonostante le origini medievali, il borgo ha un aspetto moderno a causa della ricostruzione dovuta ai danni della Seconda guerra mondiale, eccetto alcuni monumenti come le chiese. Dagli anni '50 in poi è iniziata a diventare una delle principali stazioni sciistiche molisane, assieme a Campitello Matese, determinando lo sviluppo economico e turistico.

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Colli a Volturno. Winter 2022

Colli a Volturno (Cuòglië in Molise) is an Italian town of 1 312 inhabitants in the province of Isernia in Molise. The municipal territory extends into the Volturno Valley on the border with the national park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise. Colli a Volturno (also called simply Colli), rises on three wooded hills, at an altitude of about 400 m a.s.l. (max. 1 013, min. 236 a.s.l.). The municipal area borders the municipalities of Fornelli, Rocchetta a Volturno, Montaquila, Scapoli, Cerro al Volturno, Macchia d'Isernia, Filignano and Monteroduni. The Collese area, as the name suggests, is mainly hilly interspersed with wide flat spaces. The climate is mild, the average annual temperature is 18.2 ° C, the average rainfall is 862 mm. Summers are warm and temperate, winters are cold but not particularly harsh, sporadic snowfalls, exceptionally abundant those of February 1956, January 1985 and February 2012. In autumn, rainfall is abundant, in August, the hottest month. of the year, the average temperature is 22.4 ° C; in August 2017, an exceptional heat wave caused the mercury column to reach 43 ° C. January is the coldest month, with an average temperature of 5.4 ° C. The driest month is July with an average of 32mm of rain. The month of November is the one with the highest rainfall, having an average of 118 mm. Gusts of wind are not infrequent, even of particular intensity. Temperatures vary by around 17 ° C throughout the year.

Isernia, Monument to the Fallen

The Church - cave of St. Michael the Archangel

The Grotta di San Michele Arcangelo, rebuilt and enlarged in 1890 on the remains of the ancient church. In it the pilgrim can experience the link between man and nature.

Castelpetroso. Sanctuary of the Madonna Addolorata

The basilica sanctuary of Maria Santissima Addolorata, or simply the Addolorata basilica is an important Catholic place of worship located in the municipality of Castelpetroso, in the province of Isernia, and belonging to the archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano. According to the testimony of the visionaries, the Virgin Mary appeared for the first time on March 22, 1888 to two shepherdesses named Serafina and Bibiana in the locality of Cesa tra Santi, on the slopes of Mount Patalecchia. This first apparition was followed by others and, following the recognition of this phenomenon, Pope Paul VI proclaimed Maria Santissima Addolorata of Castelpetroso patroness of Molise on 6 December 1973. In the 1890s, it was decided to build a sanctuary near the place of the apparitions, but further downstream from this, so that it would be more easily accessible by pilgrims. The project was entrusted to Giuseppe Gualandi, whose death (1944) was succeeded by his son Francesco. On 28 September 1890 the first stone was laid and construction of the sanctuary began. It proceeded slowly due to economic problems and the two world wars: in 1907 the chapel of the Poles was finished and opened for worship, but the perimeter walls of the church were completed only in 1950, thanks to donations from don Nicolino Passarelli, canon theologian of the cathedral of Venafro, lawyer of the Sacra Rota and professor. In the following decades the sanctuary was completed and consecrated on 21 September 1975 by the bishop of Boiano-Campobasso Alberto Carinci.

Spectacular autumn landscape

Isernia, la Cattedrale, notturne

Roccasicura. Church of St. Leonard of Limoges

Founded by the Longobards, it has maintained the old appearance of a small chapel with a single nave. The portal retains its 12th century appearance with a simple arch and lunette.

Pietrabbondante. Panorama

Isernia. The "Fraternal Fountain"

Sant’Elena Sannita. Spectacular spring views

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