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2022
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.
2021
Roccamandolfi. The Norman Longobard Castle
On the top of the hill on which the town is built there are the ruins of a Norman castle built on a pre-existing Lombard fortress, the subject of studies even in recent times.
2025
Molise. Winter landscapes from Pesche
2025
Pesche. The Ancient Village
2022
Rocchetta al Volturno
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.
2015
Frosolone (IS)
Frosolone con i suoi 3.250 abitanti circa è situato a m 894 sul livello del mare. Visibili da lontano, mentre continuano a girare, come gigantesche girandole lasciate lì chissà da quali bambini stanchi di giocare, i pali del campo prova eolico annunciano che ci stiamo avvicinando a Frosolone e alla sua montagna. E poi i profumi, il verde, l'aria pura e pungente. L'ambiente montano è un sorprendente "mare di verde", uno scrigno prezioso che raccoglie meraviglie dove alberi secolari, stagni e laghetti, cucuzzoli e paesaggi scoscesi, rocce bianche e rifugi, sanno accogliere sapientemente valori paesaggistici (floristici e faunistici) miracolosamente inviolati fino ai nostri giorni. Tutti i mesi dell'anno vanno bene e qualsiasi stagione è buona per visitare la montagna di Frosolone, perché ogni periodo dell'anno è buono per fruire e godere delle sue bellezze. Quassù, su questi monti, anche a più di mille metri sono riusciti a vegetare alberi di faggio e la faggeta di Monte Marchetta e di Colle dell'Orso rappresenta uno dei rari esempi in cui questa specie vegetale è riuscita a convivere felicemente con il clima di queste altitudini. Il più grosso rappresentante vivente è il maestoso faggio del Pedalone, vero e proprio colosso botanico vecchio più di cento anni e alto più di quaranta metri. Proprio in ogni stagione dell'anno, lo spettacolo che offre il Bosco della Grisciata è davvero impareggiabile e ci accompagna fino ai verdi prati e poi alla Valle della Contessa ricoperta di arbusti di uva spina e di siepi di rosa canina.
2021
Isernia, Carpino river
2023
Macchia d'Isernia. Glimpses and panoramas
Macchia d'Isernia is an Italian town of 1,008 inhabitants in the province of Isernia in Molise. The most important monuments are the baronial castle D'Alena and the church of San Nicola di Bari.
2017
Isernia - Fontana Fraterna
La "fontana Fraterna" (o fontana della Fraterna, fontana della Concezione, fontana delle Sette Cannelle o semplicemente Fraterna) è un'elegante fonte pubblica, nonché simbolo, della città di Isernia. Annoverata dall'Enciclopedia Treccani fra le più belle d'Italia, con sei getti d'acqua, dalle inusuali forme di un loggiato, realizzata con blocchi di pietra calcarea compatta, è una delle opere più significative e più importanti del comune pentro. Anticamente sorgeva in piazza Fraterna, di fronte alla chiesa della Concezione, ma dopo il bombardamento alleato del 1943 è situata in piazza Celestino V (ex largo Concezione), nel cuore del centro storico della città.
2023
Macchia d'Isernia. Baronial castle D'Alena. View
Baronial castle of Alena: the castle occupies a substantial portion of the ancient circular village. It was built around 1100 by Clementina, daughter of Roger II Norman, king of Sicily, when the feud 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 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 given to Nicola d'Alena. Celeste d'Alena was baroness of Macchia, married to the Frisaris, 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 era, with a roof resting on 5 small arches. The rest of the castle is spread over 3 levels, of which the highest is the attic. In the internal courtyard, the beautiful Renaissance staircase with the colonnade stands out, which leads to the main floors. On the ground floor there are cellars, stables and servants' rooms. The upper floor was the residence of the nobles, with various rooms, including the private chapel with various relics. In 1984 the castle was extensively restored, being brought back to its eighteenth-century splendour.
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