Montaquila - Montaquila

Montaquila is a center of the Molise.

To know

Geographical notes

Located inMolise Apennines, falls within the area of ​​influence of Venafro from which it is 15 km away; 22 km separate it from Isernia and 39 from Cassino.

How to orient yourself

The population is mainly distributed in the municipal capital and in the hamlet of Roccaravindola located on the eastern edge of the plain of Venafro. This fraction has been expanding in recent decades and the population is 1121 inhabitants, making it the largest inhabited center in the municipality.

Neighborhoods

Its municipal territory includes the hamlets of Carpinete, Colle Pepe, Masserie la Corte, Mastroleoni, Roccaravindola and Torrone.

How to get

By plane

• Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO), Via dell 'Fiumicino Airport, 320, ☎ 39 06 65951. 
• Naples Capodichino Airport (NAP), Viale F. Ruffo di Calabria, 80144 Naples NA, ☎ 39 081 7896111. 
• Pescara airport (Abruzzo International Airport), Via Tiburtina Km 229.100, ☎ 39 085 4324201. 

By car

• Adriatic Highway A14

• from the north follow the direction Rome, take the A 25 motorway, exit towards Bussi /Peoples, follow the signs for L'Aquila (A 24), continue on the SS 17, cross Popoli, SS 652 in the direction of Venafro, continue on the SS 158, turn onto the SP 17 in the direction of Montaquila.
• from the south follow the direction Pescara, continue on the A16 motorway, follow the direction Benevento, in Benevento continue on the SS 88, exit at Campobasso, take the SS 87 (state road Bifernina) in the direction of Campobasso/Isernia, continue on the SS 17, take the SS 85 in the direction of Venafro, continue on the SS 158, turn in the direction of Montaquila (SP 17).

• Autostrada del Sole

• from the north exit at San Vittore, follow the direction Venafro on the SS 6, in Venafro continue on the SS 85, follow the direction of Montaquila /Roccaraso, turn onto the SS 158 in the direction of Roccaraso, turn in the direction of Montaquila (SP 17).
• from the south exit at Caianello, follow the signs for Isernia, SS 85, follow the direction Montaquila /Roccaraso, turn onto the SS 158 in the direction of Roccaraso, turn in the direction of Montaquila (SP 17).

• From Isernia take the SS 85, continue on the SS 158, turn in the direction of Montaquila (SP 17).
• From Campobasso take the SS 87 (state road Bifernina), near Vinchiaturo take the SS 17, continue on the SS 85 in the direction of Venafro, continue on the SS 158, turn in the direction of Montaquila (SP 17).

On the train

• Railway station of Isernia (about 22 km away): Direct connections with Rome is Naples

• Line Termoli - Campobasso - Isernia
• Line Rome- Isernia - Campobasso
• Line Naples- Isernia- Campobasso

Continue to Montaquila by bus.

By bus

• The main public transport companies operating in the Molise area are the following:
• Autolinee C.L.P. S.p.A., ☎ 39 081 5311707, 39 081 5312424, @[email protected]. Direct connection from Naples to Campomarino and Termoli 
• Lariviera bus lines. 
• SATI bus lines. 
• Molise Trasporti bus lines. 

How to get around

What see

• Parish church of Santa Maria. The medieval church was rebuilt in 1663 and then in 1888. The current form is neoclassical as regards the facade with a Greek temple architrave. The rest of the exterior is in rough stone. Interior with a single nave with relics from the Baroque era, including gold jewelry. 
• Circular towers. Three towers of the walls are preserved. One of the towers, best preserved, is divided into two levels by a frame. It has a window and battlements on the top.

A second tower has become a private chapel of the Rossi family. 

Events and parties

What to do

Shopping

• I Melograni Shopping Center, SS85 km 28.100, ☎ 39 0865 96187. 

How to have fun

Where to eat

Average prices

• 41.52083514.1310071 Pizzeria Il Giardinetto, Corso Archi, 25 (in Roccaravindola), ☎ 39 0865 96504. 
• Al Ghiottone Restaurant-Pizzeria, Via Nazionale, ☎ 39 0865 960589. 

Where stay

Safety

How to keep in touch

Post office

• 41.56531114.1120841 Italian post, via Mazzini 11, ☎ 39 0865 960149. 

Around

• Venafro - His long membership in the Campania. City of the Samnites, later a Roman colony, the vestiges of the empire flanked by an important medieval urban heritage, in which the numerous churches stand out, unfortunately in large numbers deteriorated.
• Isernia - Among the first documented Paleolithic settlements in Europe, it was then a flourishing Samnite city, capital of the Italic League, later a Roman Municipium. Its millennial past has left it with an important monumental heritage that extends up to the pre-Roman era, as well as very important prehistoric finds.
• Cassino - For centuries the administrative center of the ancient Land of San Benedetto, the city develops at the foot of the hill on which stands the famous abbey of Montecassino, for which it is mainly known. However, it also boasts important evidence of its Roman past: amphitheater, theater, mausoleum, nymphaeum, urban walls of the archaeological park Casinum.

Itineraries

• Castles in the province of Isernia - There are numerous manors of theMolise Apennines in the countries ofUpper Molise, ofIsernino he was born in Venafrano. Some are in ruins due to war or earthquakes; others have been recovered; many have a military aspect, with little or no external architectural evolution of transformation into a stately home.

Other projects

• Wikipedia contains an entry concerning Montaquila
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