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A boundless passion, that of Italians, for the Peninsula's heritage. Even, and especially, for that which is in danger of fading into abandonment and oblivion. The 11th edition of the Fai Places of the Heart, which closed on December 15 last year, today reveals its winning sites. On the podium are Gallipoli in Puglia, Campobasso in Molise and Aless...

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Le Mortine Oasis is located on the border between Campania and Molise, in the municipalities of Capriati al Volturno (Caserta, Campania) and Venafro (Isernia, Molise), on an artificial river oxbow created by the construction of a dam for hydroelectric production. It consists of more than 50,000 hectares. The ensemble of aquatic environments is surr...

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Italy offers many solutions for those who love hiking in nature during the winter months such as Monte Matese which is located on the Apennines between Molise and Campania. This area is increasingly frequented by tourists who like to walk in the green. Here you can discover what it consists of and where the Matese Mountain is located. You will also...

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“An experience that may not change your life (I’m not sure yet), but which gives you a new perspective, new and interesting horizons, new self-management strategies”. I summarize here in one sentence the impact and my experience at the IAFL, the Conference of Italian-American Future Leaders from 13 to 16 January 2023 in Fort Lauderdale (Florida) wh...

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Frosolone was already a renowned centre of excellence for the production of cutting implements during the time of the Kingdom of Naples. The centre developed when Charles of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies, decided to establish an industrial basis in his kingdom, promoting the reorganisation of foundries and armaments. Forced to convert their pro...

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The Abruzzo, Lazio, and Molise National Park, until recently known just as the Abruzzo National Park, is an Italian national park with headquarters in the town of Pescasseroli (population 2,206 in the 2015 census) in the province of L’Aquila in the region of Abruzzo. It is the oldest national park in the Apennine mountains and the second oldest in...

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La Ramera of Francesco Gerbasi is a wide, one-story structure whose ordinariness, from the outside, belies the treasure trove that it contains. Upon crossing the threshold there is no mistaking what this place is all about—a workshop, store, and museum honoring Agnone’s centuries-old history of copper production. Even on a cloudy day, the room vibr...

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There is a running joke in Italy that the region of Molise simply does not exist. One of Italy’s smallest, poorest, and arguably least known regions, Molise has always lived on the fringes of Italian consciousness. It is merely a blip in international circles. While travel writers obsess over the rest of Italy, this land of livestock and valleys, t...

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The town of Sepino. located 20 kilometers south of Campobasso, is home to some important Roman ruins and considered one of the most extraordinary archeological sites of central Italy where excavations began in the early 1950s. It has approximately 1,915 inhabitants, known as Sepinesi. The town was rated among the “borghi piu belli d’Italia“(most be...

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The Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo was established in 1923 to protect nature and to save certain wild animals from extinction. It’s in the heart of the central Apennines between Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise and its some 50,000 hectares are home to 25 towns. The scenery here is characterized by mountain chains, karst phenomena, rivers (including the Sangro...

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