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INFO:
Altitude: 606 m a.s.l -- Territory: mountainous -- Population: ca. 1400 inhabitants
-- Zip/postal code: 86020 -- Phone Area Code: 0874
Patron Saint:S. Giovanni Battista on 24 June
-- Frazioni & Località:
Anniballi, Caccavelli, Colantuono, Gennaretto, Iacovantuono, Macchie, Monte, Piana, Pietroneri, Salera, San Giovanni, Santa Croce, Sebbioni, Vicenne.
WHAT TO SEE
The castle, built by the Normans in the 11th century, then transformed into a palace in the Renaissance, and greatly damaged in the 1805 earthquake. Inside the courtyard there is a stone in the walls with a peculiar mermaid (a Christian symbol representing the dangers for a Christian soul).
Medieval church of Santa Maria Assunta
SURNAMES:
[63 different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]
(the number after each surname refers to the number of families - no number means one family)
ABBONDANTE 3 * ALBANESE 26 * ANTONECCHIA 2 * ARMENTI 4 * BARBATO * BARULI * BATTISTA CALABRESE 2 * BAUTTO 5 * BOTTINO * BUCCI 19 * CACCAVELLI 25 * CALABRESE 42 * CELIMA 2 * CIPOLLONE * COLADANGELO * COLANTUONO 25 * DAMIANO 9 * DE MAGISTRIS 5 * DE TOLLIS ALBANESE * DEL BUSSO 17 * DI CIERO 12 * DI IORIO 21 * DI PETTA * DI SISTO 13 * DIAMANTE * DIAMENTE 10 * DIAMENTI * DOGANIERI 18 * DOMPIETRO * DURANTE 2 * FALOCCO 2 * FRANCESCHELLI * FRANCESCONE * GARGANO 2 * GRECO * IACOBUCCI 12 * IACOVANTUONIO * IACOVANTUONO 14 * IACUBUCCI * IANNANTUONO 3 * IANNONE 3 * MARTELLI 3 * MARZILLI * MASTRACCHIO * MUCCILLO 4 * PAOLUCCI 3 * PARENTE * PETTI * PIPARO * PREZIOSO 30 * PRIOLO * PUCA * RICCI * ROMANO 4 * ROSATO * RUSSILLO * SALVATORE 31 * SANGREGORIO * SPINA * STASIO * TOMASI 8 * TOMMASI * ZEOLI *
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Region Molise 