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Campobasso in Molise

Guardialfiera

Province of Campobasso, Region Molise, Italy

The Locality: The present village was completely rebuilt after a ruinous earthquake in 1688. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the Lombard dukedom of Benevento, and the Lombard Adalfieri family gave their name to the center. In the late Middle Ages it was part of the Montagano County, then became a fiefdom of the Di Capua, and later the Lemaitre family, who were the last feudal lords in powerm when the feudal system was suppressed in 1806.

INFO: Altitude: 285 m a.s.l
Territory: hilly -- Population: ca. 1100 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 86030 -- Phone Area Code: 0874
Patron Saint: San Gaudenzio on first June

WHAT TO SEE
  • Monastery of Sant'Onofrio, 16th century, with a giant polyptich painting in the choir.
  • Church of the Assunta, in the gothic style, with the relics of the Patron Saint Gaudenzio preserved in its crypt.
  • SURNAMES: [147 different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]
    (the number after each surname refers to the number of families - no number means one family)
    ACIERNO 4 * ANTENUCCI 9 * BALDASSARRE * BELLINI * BIONDI * BOCCARDI 3 * BOCCARDO 7 * BOSCHETTI * BRACONE 2 * CALUORI * CAPRARA * CARLINO * CARUSO 5 * CASULLO 2 * CATALANO 2 * CIANCIOSI 2 * CICCARELLI * CIOCCO 3 * CIRELLA 9 * CIVITA * COLASURDO 3 * COMMATTEO * CORALLI * CORRADO * CRETELLA 3 * D'ABARNO 4 * D'ADDANTE * D'ALOISIO * D'AMBROSIO * D'ANGELCOLA * D'ANGELO 14 * D'ANTUONO 3 * D'ASCENZO 3 * D'ELISIIS 6 * D'ONOFRIO 2 * DE LEONARDIS * DE MICHELE * DEL BORRELLO * DI BIASE 2 * DI DODO * DI FLORIO * DI GENOVA * DI GIOIA * DI IELSI 2 * DI LAZZARO 2 * DI LENA 2 * DI LEO 2 * DI LISIO 3 * DI MARCO * DI RISIO 3 * DI ROCCO * DI ROSA * DI SABATO 7 * DI STEFANO 2 * DI TOMMASO CIRILLO 5 * DI TULLIO D'ELISIIS * DI VITO 6 * FALCIGLIA 2 * FAZZINO * FEDERICO * FIORE * FIORENTINO * FIORILLI * FIORINI DI GIOVANELLA 2 * FLOCCO * FRASCATORE 2 * FRATAMICO 3 * FRATANGELO * GIACOMODONATO 3 * GIAMBATTISTA * GIANCIOPPI * GRANDE 8 * GRECO 12 * GUGLIELMI * IACIERNO 2 * IADAROLA * IANNIRUBERTO * IOVINE 3 * IULIANI 5 * IULIANO * KOLESNIKOVA * LAEZZA 2 * LAFRATTA 3 * LALLI 3 * LALLITTA * LEONE * LISTORTI * LOMMA 8 * LORETO 2 * LUCARELLI * MADONNA 2 * MALORNI 2 * MANCINI 3 * MANCINONE 6 * MANNA * MARRONE * MARSILIO 2 * MARTINO * MASTROBERARDINO 3 * MAURIZIO 8 * MINGRONE * MIRCO 2 * MISCIONE * MOLINARO * MONTANO 4 * MUCCIACCIA * NAZZARIO * NOBILE * PALAZZO 10 * PALLADINO 3 * PAOLUCCI 4 * PAPARA * PELLILLI * PEPE 5 * PERRAZZELLI * PETRILLO * PETTA * PIERI * PIETRACUPA 2 * PIETRONIRO 3 * PILLA 5 * PILLARELLA * POMPONIO 3 * PROCACCITTO 2 * QUARTA * QUICI 3 * RAINELLI 5 * RICCI 5 * RICCIARDI * ROMANO * RUGGIERO * SIMEONE 6 * SPIDALIERI 13 * SPUGNARDI 5 * STICCA 5 * STICCO 3 * TAMILIA 3 * TOMIZZI * TORZI * TOZZI 7 * TROLIO 4 * TUFILLI * UGGENTI * VELARDI 3 * VILENO * VINCELLI 3 * VIZZARRI 3 * ZINGARO *

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