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Belmonte del Sannio

Province of Isernia, Molise region, Italy

Rising on a picturesque hill, the town belonged until 1812 to the Province of Chieti. The earliest settlement followed most probably the destruction of Samnite Aquilonia by the Romans in 293 BC. A document of 1027 mentions the foundation here by the count of Monteodorisio of the Abbey of Santa Maria della Noce, which was one of the greatest Benedictine abbeys of Southern Italy. The abbey then disappeared in a ruinous landslide and nothing remains. Belmonte was included in the Terra Burrellensis under the Normans and Angevins, and was later ruled by the Cantelmo, Filangieri, Di Sangro, Caldora and Caracciolo. A beautiful festival, the "sagra del granone" takes place in September.

Altitude: 864 m a.s.l -- Territory: mountainous -- Population: ca. 900 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 86080 -- Phone Area Code: 0865 -- Patron Saint: Sant'Anacleto, 8 May -- Frazioni & Località: Castellana, Difesa, Santa Maria La Noce, Difesa Cordari, Serra Carpini

WHAT TO SEE

The "torre Longobarda" of the 11th century

The Palazzo dei Caracciolo

The church of San Salvatore (17th century).

SURNAMES: [64 different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]

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

BORRELLI 2 * BUSI * CATALANO 13 * CATULLO * CIRULLI DI BARTOLOMEO 2 * D'AMARIO * D'AMELIA 2 * D'AMELIO 2 * DEL CIANCIO 7 * DI BARTOLOMEO 2 * DI CIOCCO 2 * DI FILIPPO 14 * DI IORIO 15 * DI LUCA 4 * DI PALMA * DI PRIMIO 14 * DI RISCIO 4 * DI SANTO 11 * DI TIELLO 5 * DIPRIMIO 2 * FAGNANI 4 * FALCIONE 2 * FIORDA 2 * FIORE * GABRIELE 2 * GAVOTO 12 * GHINI * GIULIANI 3 * GRAVIELE * GUALTIERI 2 * IACOVONE * IARUSSO * IONATA * LALLI * LAMACCHIA 2 * LATINO 23 * MARCOVECCHIO * MASCIOTRA 3 * MASCIULLO 8 * MASTROSTEFANO 15 * MONTALBO' * MUCHOVA RITOVA * NATARELLI * NIBBIO 8 * NICODEMO * PAGLIONE 11 * PALOMBA 5 * PANNUNZIO 7 * PAOLETTI 2 * PASSERI * PORRONE * RAMUNDO 3 * RICCI 25 * RITA * ROSA 5 * SANTILLI * SAULINO * SCOPPA 3 * SFORZA * SILVESTRE * SILVESTRI 19 * TIBERIO * TRAPAGLIA 5 * ZACCARDI 8 *

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