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Macchia d'Isernia. Baronial castle D'Alena
The castle occupies a substantial portion of the ancient circular village. It was built around 1100 by Clementina, daughter of Ruggero II Normanno, king of Sicily, when the fiefdom was part of the county of Ugone del Molise. The garrison passed into the hands of the Anjou, the Afflitto and the Rotondi barons. In 1480 it was restored in the Renaissance style as a patrician residence, purchased by Giovanni Donato della Marra, who was count of Macchia. In 1748 the castle was sold to Maria Grazia Rotondi, then sold to Nicola d'Alena. Celeste d'Alena was baroness of Macchia, married to the Frisari, counts of Bisceglie and patricians of Castel San Vincenzo. The façade of the building dominates the square in front of the village, embellished by a Renaissance loggia with round arches. The first part of this loggia dates back to the Aragonese period, with a roof resting on 5 small arches. The rest of the castle is spread over 3 levels, the highest of which is the attic. In the inner courtyard the beautiful Renaissance staircase with the colonnade, which leads to the noble floors, stands out. On the ground floor there are the cellars, the stables and the servants' rooms. The upper floor was the home of the nobles, with various rooms, including the private chapel with different relics. In 1984 the castle was fully restored, being brought back to its eighteenth-century splendor.
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2020
Castelpetroso. The Sanctuary - 2020
Castelpetroso is home to the Shrine of Maria Santissima Sorrows, patron saint of Molise. According to the testimony of the visionaries, the Virgin Mary first appeared on March 22, 1888 to two shepherds named Serafina and Bibiana in Cesa between Saints, on the slopes of Mount Patalecchia. This first appearance was followed by others. This phenomenon was later recognized. The shrine, which began with the laying of the first stone on September 28, 1890 and completed in 1975, is made in the neo-Gothic style; seen from above is composed of seven chapels depicting the seven sorrows of Our Lady, in the center of which there is the dome 54 meters high. The shrine and the place of apparitions are connected to each other by the Via Matris, 750 meters long, where precisely remember the seven Marian sorrows.
2022
Isernia. Monument to the fallen of the F. W. War
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Isernia, Carpino river
2021
Isernia, scorci
2011
Miranda (IS)
Miranda è un comune italiano di 1.022 abitanti della provincia di Isernia in Molise. Un primo insediamento umano nell'area dell'attuale comune è da far risalire probabilmente all'XI secolo, come testimonia la facies normanna del castello che si erge sul promontorio prece, di cui tuttavia sopravvivono pochi elementi architettonici. Attorno ad esso si struttura il nucleo originario del paese, inframezzato da vari muraglioni che individuano i successivi strati abitativi costruiti a partire dalla fortezza primaria. Le scarne documentazioni relative al feudo di Miranda testimoniano un fitto passaggio di proprietà tra varie famiglie nobili, tra cui i partenopei Di Somma, il cui stemma familiare costituito da due torri erte su fondo marino è ancora oggi il simbolo ufficiale del comune.
2018
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2015
Capracotta (IS)
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.
2021
Pesche, Molise. Panoramas
Panorama of Pesche, village in the province of Isernia, in Molise, perched along the steep slopes of Mount San Marco, a white spot against the green of the mountain and the gray of the stones.
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