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Chiauci

Province of Isernia, Molise region, Italy

It is located near the Trigno river, which forms a very beautiful waterfall in the area called Foce. The name was maybe Chiavicia originally, then changed to Terra Clavicorum, and finally Castellum Clavica. There is also the opinion that it is to be identified with the ancient Clavis (meaning "key" in Latin), that is to say the key to the Samnium Pentrum, bordering the Samnium under the Saracens and the Lombard countdom of Trivento. Another etymology derives the name Chiauci from the latin claudo meaning "to close", and explained by the presence of a huge, broken rock creating the waterfalls on the Trigno River.

Altitude: 879 m a.s.l -- Territory: mountainous -- Population: ca. 300 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 86090 -- Phone Area Code: 0865 -- Patron Saint: S. Giorgio celebrated on April 23

WHAT TO SEE

Church of San Giovanni Apostolo 16th century, with a fine Baroque altar

The Gambadoro Palace

The beatiful surrounding forests, ideal for picking mushrooms or angling in the clear waters of the Trigno

EVENTS

Sant'Antonio: June 13

La Ruva: August 18

Sant'Onofrio: June 11

SURNAMES: [35 different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]

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

BATTISTA * CATANIA * COLABUONO 6 * D'ANDREA 5 * D'IPPOLITO * D'UBALDI * DI IORIO * DI LALLO * DI LONARDO 8 * DI MATTEO 5 * DI PILLA 22 * DI SALVO 10 * DI SANTO * DI SCHIAVI * DI VINCENZO 2 * IACOBUCCI 5 * INFORZATO 5 * MARRAS * MASCIA 3 * MICILLO * MUCCILLO 2 * NAPOLANO * PALAZZO * PIZZUTI * PORFIRIO * SACCO 8 * SALZANO 3 * SANTANGELO * SCIARRA 4 * SFERRA 4 * SIMONAZZI 3 * TORELLA * TULLI 2 * VASSOLO 2 * VERTERAMO * ZARLENGA

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