Monteroduni - Monteroduni

Monteroduni is a center of the Molise.

To know

Geographical notes

Located on a hill ofMolise Apennines it is located about halfway between Venafro is Isernia.

Background

Monteroduni is a town of ancient origins that are lost in the mists of time. It was sacked by the Vandals in 456.

How to orient yourself

Over the last few decades the town has developed into the valley below.

Neighborhoods

Its municipal territory also includes the hamlets of Campo Fiorito, Campo La Fontana, Carpinete, Guado Largo, Limate, Pagliara, San Nazzaro, Sant'Eusanio, Selvotta, Socce and Starze.

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

• It is not far from the state road 85 venafrana.

On the train

• Railway station of Isernia (about 16 km away): Direct connections with Rome is Naples

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

Connections to Monteroduni by bus with the "SATI" bus lines (Monteroduni - Isernia line).

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

• Pignatelli Castle. It has a rectangular plan with four cylindrical corner towers decorated with battlements. The façade still has the Pignatelli coat of arms above the portal, which is surmounted by a balcony decorated with corbels.

It was built in the 9th century by the Lombards, and renovated in the period of the Contado del Molise in the 13th century. In the fifteenth century it had new structural interventions after an earthquake that altered its structure. It was a fiefdom of the d'Evoli, with whom it experienced its maximum splendor, of the Caracciolo and finally of the Pignatelli who restored it after yet another earthquake, that of 1805. Currently it is the seat of the town hall, but can be visited. 

• Church of San Michele Arcangelo. The current church was built after the earthquake of 1805. The facade is in neo-Gothic with pointed arches, the same for the portal. The interior has a single nave, decorated with polychrome frescoes. 

Events and parties

What to do

Shopping

Among the more traditional activities there are artisanal ones, which although not as widespread as in the past have not completely disappeared, and are distinguished by woodworking, carving, mosaic, or for the creation of furniture and other objects.

How to have fun

Where to eat

Where stay

Safety

How to keep in touch

Around

• Venafro - His long membership in the language emerges in speech and traditions 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.

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 Monteroduni
• Commons contains images or other files on Monteroduni

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