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2024
Carpinone. The waterfalls. Spring 2024
In the heart of a very small village in Molise, immersed in an enchanted forest and floral nature, stands the Carpinone waterfall, one of the most fascinating natural spectacles of the place. The rush of foaming water, which rushes downwards, pervades you as soon as you take the path and when you finally reach it you have a fantastic visual effect of light and roar. The Carpinone waterfall is becoming one of the major natural attractions of Molise, thanks also to a group of volunteers who, for some years, have been taking care of its appearance to make it accessible to everyone and not just to the few enthusiasts or those who despise the danger... She's too beautiful to leave there alone! It was born as a gift from nature and can be reached by following various paths, all immersed in the bright greenery of Molise and all marked with hand-made wooden signs, so as not to affect the suggestive panorama. As you walk, you feel a very pleasant emotion thanks to the direct contact with nature, the breathing of healthy, clean air and the sight of wonderful floral species that make everything fairytale-like.
2022
Isernia. Santo Spirito railway bridge.
2015
Vastogirardi (IS)
Vastogirardi (Rë Uàštë in molisano) è un comune italiano di 690 abitanti della provincia di Isernia nel Molise. Si presume che il nome Vastogirardi tragga origine dal nome di un capitano crociato, Giusto Girardi. In passato assunse anche il nome di Castrum Girardi per via del castello (altri toponimi attestati risultano Castel Girardo, Rocca Girardo, Guasti Belardi, Guardia Giraldo e Guardia Gerardo) e successivamente il nome attuale, che semplicisticamente si attribuisce alla felice posizione geografica del paese, dalla cui sommità è possibile godere di un vasto panorama, ma molto più scientificamente da un'allitterazione di gergo longobardo. Il patrimonio archeologico-architettonico di Vastogirardi annovera i resti di un santuario sannitico del II secolo a.C. in località S. Angelo e l'eccezionale complesso del castello fortificato, corte interna e complesso parrocchiale. Portali in pietra delle abitazioni, le stesse in pietrame a pezzatura irregolare, e aperture incorniciate da blocchi lapidei e mensole in pietre sagomate rappresentano invece il carattere dell'edilizia minore. Il castello fu costruito nel XIII secolo dagli Angioini sopra il colle montuoso del borgo. Successivamente appartenne ai Caldora e poi a famiglie del regno di Napoli, tra i quali i Caracciolo. Il castello fu oggetto di consolidamento nel XVIII secolo e con tale restauro fu trasformato in residenza gentilizia. Il castello è inglobato nelle mura di cinta della parte più alta del borgo, includendo la piazza e la chiesa parrocchiale di San Nicola. Si accede da un arco a tutto sesto. Della fortificazione angioina resta una torre circolare, e del periodo Caldoresco un loggiato nella parte all'interno del borgo prospiciente la piazza. Il castello assieme al borgo forma una ellisse. La Chiesa di S. Nicola di Bari risale al XV secolo ma l'edificio risulta integralmente restaurato nel 1702, come attesta un'iscrizione murata nel portale d'ingresso. Ad una sola navata, al cui interno è presente un antico ostensorio in argento, vi si accede attraverso un porticato a sua volta accessibile da una doppia rampa. Al suo fianco vi è un campanile in pietra.
2018
Isernia - Ponte S. Spirito
2022
Molise, landscapes
2021
Autumnal landscape of Molise
2022
Rocchetta a Volturno. Winter 2022
Rocchetta a Volturno is an Italian town of 1 098 inhabitants in the province of Isernia in Molise. The Municipality of Rocchetta al Volturno is made up of two nuclei: the original village, called Rocchetta Alta, or Rocchetta Vecchia, still perched in a defensive position on the mountain, and Rocchetta Nuova, which is located at a lower altitude. The new Rocchetta was born because, at the end of the 19th century, the slope that connected the southern part of the ancient town with the opposite hill was deforested and the land began to show serious subsidence from 1890 due to the progressive sliding of the superimposed layers of clay and sandstone, increased by water infiltrations, both rain and spring. In 1905, following further disastrous events, the population moved for the most part downstream, where there was a hamlet called Case Sparse. The modern town is developed today in the center of a plateau, bordered to the west by the terminal part of the Mainarde chain and to the east by a depression, at the bottom of which the Volturno flows; about two kilometers away are the sources of the river. Its name characterizes the toponyms of other nearby municipalities such as Colli a Volturno and Cerro al Volturno.
2018
Tramonti molisani
2022
Carpinone.
Carpinone is an Italian town of 1,075 inhabitants in the province of Isernia in Molise. The name derives from the Carpino river that runs along the center, or from the Carpinus plant.
2022
Cerro al Volturno. Winter 2022
Cerro al Volturno (Cièrrë in Molise) is an Italian town of 1 194 inhabitants in the province of Isernia in Molise, about 20 km from the border with Abruzzo. The municipality is also simply called Cerro because of its territory rich in oak woods, among which the Cerro, Quercus cerris, stands out. The Cerrese territory is on the border with the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise. The climate is mainly of the Apennine type: cool and rainy autumn, cold and snowy winter and mild summer. The town was founded by the Samnites (III century BC), of which fortifications remain at Mount Santa Croce. In medieval times the hill of the present village was colonized by peasants (9th century), since the fiefdom depended on the nearby Abbey of San Vincenzo al Volturno. The origin of the community itself is linked to the influence of the abbey of San Vincenzo al Volturno, one of the oldest Benedictine monasteries in the Kingdom of Naples and in the land of San Pietro, together with Montecassino and Farfa. Cerro already existed since 899, as evidenced in the Chrnicon Vulturnense, when Roffredo, abbot of San Vincenzo led the first peasant colony to cultivate the lands in the place of Cerrum, from the name of the oak trees. The 11th century Norman castle was later owned by the Filangieri, Borrello and Cantelmo di Popoli family, until the 15th century, when it passed to the Pandone family, who renovated it extensively. In the following centuries the feud belonged to various families, including the Carafa. In 1811 the village passed to the territory of Benevento, and only in 1861 was it included again in Molise, first linked to the territory of Piedimonte Matese, and then to the area of Castellone Volturno, i.e. Castel San Vincenzo. Since 1970 it has been part of the province of Isernia.
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