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Regions in Italy Region Molise Province Campobasso Comune ACQUAVIVA COLLECROCE

Acquaviva Collecroce

Province of Campobasso, Region Molise, Italy

The Locality: Inhabited since very ancient times, in the 12th century was a center of the Gerosolomital Order (Knights of Malta), later on passed to the Cantelmo family, then in the 17th century a Slavic community moved here. The villake has preserved beautiful traditions of its Slavic heritage: on the 1st of May there is the Festa del Maja, when a puppet is carried along the alleys as a good omen for the harvest, and at Christmas time the Slavic custom of the Smarceka is repeated, when a torch is lit on a a huge tree trunk near the door of the parish church.

INFO: Altitude: 413 m a.s.l -- Territory: hill -- Population: ca. 800 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 86030 -- Phone Area Code: 0875

WHAT TO SEE

A medieval stone, of unknown origin, with the famous "magical square" containing the 5-letter words "Rotas Opera Tenet Arepo Sator", which can be read right to left, left to right, toP to bottom and bottom to top.

The beautiful Santa Giusta. a little outside the place, is an ancient church that was the refuge of Abruzzese shepherds.

SURNAMES: [ different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]

(the number after each surname refers to the number of families - no number means one family)

ANTENUCCI * BARTOLINO * BERARDIS 3 * BLACCA * BLAGETTA * BOCCARDI * BONIFAZI * CHIAVARO * CIANFAGNA 3 * CICANESE 9 * D'AMBROSIO * D'AMICANTONIO * D'ANGELO 3 * D'ANTUONO 5 * D'IPPOLITO * DE ANGELIS * DI IULIO * DI LENA * DI PAOLA * DI PINTO * DI PRINZIO * FAGNANI * FERRARA * FOLIGNO * FRANCO * FRATAMICO * GENUA * GIANFAGNA * GIZZI * GLIOSCA 7 * GRECO * GRIMALDI * GUARINO 3 * IACUSSO 5 * IACUSTO * IOVINE 3 * IULIANI 3 * IULIANO 2 * KACUROV * LALLI 3 * LAUDITI * MADDALONI 3 * MADONNA * MANCINI * MANSO 2 * MANUELE 9 * MARIANO * MASTROGIACOMO * MATASSA * MATTIACCIO * MENNA * MILANOVIC TRAPO * MIRCO 34 * MONTEMITOLI 2 * NATARELLI * NERI 3 * PANNACCHIONE 6 * PAPICCIO 12 * PASCIULLO 3 * PECA 14 * PERSICHILLO 3 * PETRELLA 3 * PETTA 4 * PIACCIA * PICCOLI 7 * PINTI 3 * POMPONIO * QUICI 3 * RADI 3 * RICCARDI 2 * RICCIUTI * RODI * SABELLA 3 * SCIARRETTA * SECOLA * SILVESTRI 3 * SORELLA 4 * SORIANI * SORIANO * SPADANUDA 10 * SPADANUTA * SURIANI 4 * TAMBURRO 4 * TOMIZI * TOMIZZI 5 * TRIVENTI 2 * TROILO 2 * TURCO 2 * VETTA 15 * ZARA 3

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