Isernia. View from Pesche

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.

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.

La Chiesa, in stile moderno, si trova nel centro cittadino della parte nuova ed è facilmente raggiungibile da ogni punto. Essa stessa rappresenta un punto di riferimento urbano per muoversi all'interno della città.

Poggio Sannita (Caccavone in dialetto poggese) è un comune italiano di 639 abitanti della provincia di Isernia in Molise.

It is located on the highest part of the town, in the Terra Vecchia district, and was the seat of the collegiate church. It is not known what the current church was like, which is the result of a total renovation in 1725. The antiquity of the church is testified by a bas-relief of the bell tower, which bears the symbol of the Tree of Life, from the Renaissance period, the adjacent walls, with the portal of the chapel of the Visitation, show holes for the bells. The stone bell tower, with a square plan, has its current appearance, the result of the restoration of 1898. The baptismal font in walnut wood, with gold decorations, restored in 1980, and a stone font can also be attributed to the archaic church. In the 18th century the civic coat of arms was moved to the main altar by the Town Hall, and the church became the symbol of the entire Capracottese community.

The church of San Lorenzo is located near the Castle. Initially the structure was used as a convent, until it was abolished in 1866.

Agnone (Agnèune in dialetto locale) è un comune italiano di 4 957 abitanti della provincia di Isernia in Molise. Fino al 1811, per circa 600 anni, Agnone e il suo circondario sono sempre stati parte integrante del Giustizierato d'Abruzzo e dell'Abruzzo Citra, nel distretto di Lanciano. Antica città sannita, è sede del più antico stabilimento al mondo per la fabbricazione delle campane (Pontificia fonderia di campane Marinelli), fondato intorno all'anno 1000 e tra i pochi che possano fregiarsi dell'onore di utilizzare per i propri prodotti lo stemma pontificio. Agnone è una cittadina di circa 5000 abitanti ubicata nell'Alto Molise. Si trova a 830 m di altitudine sul livello del mare, circondato da un paesaggio montuoso rivestito da boschi e praterie.

Fornelli, italian municipality of 1,883 inhabitants in the province of Isernia in the Molise region. It is part of the circuit of the most beautiful villages in Italy.

The municipality owes its name to the small Carpino river that flows in its territory from north to west. In turn, the Carpino river received its name from the abundance of the "carpioni", the trout males, whose fishing in its waters is numerous. The origins of Carpinone, although not very ancient, date back to at least the tenth century since in 1064 the count of Isernia Bernardo had founded the Monastery of San Marco here, then donated to the abbey of Cassino. Belonged to the County of Isernia during the Lombard domination, in the Norman and Swabian era it belonged to the County of Molise. At the beginning of the Angevin period it became a fiefdom of Tommaso d'Evoli and returned to his family in 1382 after it had belonged first to the Tucciaco family and then to the Count of Gravina.