Borghi, arte e storia minore
Si occupa di borghi, centri storici, chiese e siti archeologici: paesi sotto i mille abitanti e architetture fuori dalle guide turistiche ufficiali.
Along the ancient Via Flaminia, Massa Martana hides Umbria's only Christian catacombs and three Romanesque abbeys that history books overlook.
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At 600 metres on Monte Subasio, this hamlet of Spello counts about fifty souls, a medieval castle, and a Roman path that descends through the olive groves to the city of flowers.
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Oratino, nicknamed 'the Hermit of Sannio,' perches on a rocky spur at 789 meters in inland Molise: one of Italy's most beautiful villages, with frescoed churches and a panorama over the Biferno Valley.
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Pesche, in the province of Isernia, climbs vertically up a limestone cliff like a stone nativity scene: a handful of souls, a medieval castle, and a nature reserve at the border between two bioclimates.
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Fornelli, in inland Molise, preserves nearly intact medieval walls, seven Angevin towers, and an outstanding olive-growing tradition: the 'City of Oil' that few people know.
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In the medieval alleys of Civitacampomarano, in Molise, over 90 murals by international artists dialogue with ancient stones: the CVTà Street Fest has turned a depopulating village into an open-air museum.
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At 800 metres, Castel del Giudice was on the brink of depopulation. Today it has 40 hectares of organic orchards, 60 varieties of forgotten apples, and a scattered hotel with Michelin-recognised cuisine.
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At Altilia, three kilometres from Sepino, an intact Roman city emerges from the fields — with its walls, triumphal gates, and a theatre embedded in an eighteenth-century farmhouse.
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Frosolone, in the Molisan mountains, is the Italian capital of knives and scissors: a centuries-old craft tradition that Benedetto Croce compared to Europe's great blade cities.
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