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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.
2024
Macchiagodena. Church of San Lorenzo.
The church of San Lorenzo is located near the Castle. Initially the structure was used as a convent, until it was abolished in 1866.
2022
Isernia. Santo Spirito railway bridge.
2022
Isernia. Monument to the fallen of the F. W. War
2018
Boiano (CB)
Bojano è un comune italiano di 8 097 abitanti della provincia di Campobasso. Importante città dei Sanniti, fu conquistata dai Romani nel III secolo a.C. a seguito della battaglia di Boviano. Nel VI secolo vi fu fondata la diocesi, collegata a Campobasso; facente parte del Ducato di Benevento, nel XIII secolo divenne la capitale del ducato omonimo, per poi entrare a far parte del Contado di Molise. Divenuta possesso dei vari signori campani Pandone, Carafa, De Capua, Bojano attraversò duri periodi a seguito del terremoto del 1805 prima, e della seconda guerra mondiale poi.
2025
Frosolone. Glimpses of the historic center
2018
Molise-Castelpetroso (IS) Basilica di M. S. Addolorata
Secondo la testimonianza delle veggenti, la Vergine Maria apparve la prima volta il 22 marzo 1888 a due pastorelle di nome Serafina e Bibiana in località Cesa tra Santi, sulle pendici del Monte Patalecchia. A questa prima apparizione ne seguirono altre e, in seguito al riconoscimento di tale fenomeno, papa Paolo VI ha proclamato Maria Santissima Addolorata di Castelpetroso patrona del Molise il 6 dicembre 1973. Negli anni novanta del XIX secolo, si decise di costruire un santuario presso il luogo delle apparizioni, ma più a valle rispetto a questo, affinché fosse più facilmente raggiungibile dai pellegrini. Il progetto venne affidato a Giuseppe Gualandi, alla cui morte (1944) subentrò il figlio Francesco. Il 28 settembre 1890 venne posata la prima pietra e si diede inizio alla costruzione del santuario. Essa procedette a rilento a causa di problemi economici e delle due guerre mondiali: nel 1907 fu terminata e aperta al culto la cappella dei Polacchi, ma le mura perimetrali della chiesa furono portate a compimento solo nel 1950[2], grazie alle sovvenzioni di don Nicolino Passarelli, canonico teologo della cattedrale di Venafro, avvocato della Sacra Rota e professore. Nei decenni successivi si completò il santuario che venne consacrato il 21 settembre 1975 dal vescovo di Boiano-Campobasso Alberto Carinci.
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.
2022
Pesche, village in the province of Isernia, in Molise
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.
2025
Monteroduni. Spectacular spring views
Monteroduni is an Italian town in the province of Isernia in Molise. Situated on a hill at about 460 meters in a very panoramic position, it stands out for its Pignatelli Castle.
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