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Regions in Italy Region Molise Province Isernia Comune SAN PIETRO AVELLANA

San Pietro Avellana

Province of Isernia, Molise region, Italy

The small town rises on the Celano-Foggia tratturo, on the border with the Abruzzo region, just below Monte Capraro (1730 mt.) surrounded by forests of beech and oak trees and two fine pinewoods, which make it a truly great tourist destination in the summer.

The name comes from an ancient benedictine monastery dedicated to San Pietro, around which the population gathered and established a settlement, later called "Avellana" since on the site there was in the past Volana, an ancient Samnite town destroyed by Roman consul Suprius Carvilius. The town was a Benedictine fiefdom from 1027 to 1785, and religion was a really great inlfuence in the character of the population. the economy was flourishing for centuries under the transhumance system, since the area was both a transit post and a place of summer pastures. With the crisis of the pastoral economy, a massive emigration began especially to the States, with main destination Pittsburgh.

Altitude: 960 m a.s.l -- Territory: mountainous -- Population: ca. 650 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 86088 -- Phone Area Code: 0865 -- Patron Saint: Sant'Amico -- Frazioni & Località: Scalo, Masserie di Cristo

WHAT TO SEE

Church of Sant'Amico with 13th-century statues rises on the highest point of the town, where once the fortress was. Inside there is under the altar the original tomb of the Saint, a benedictine monk. In 1623 his remains were however moved to a stone ark.

Parish Church of SS. Pietro e Paolo

Municipality Museum

EVENTS

August: Emigrants' Festival

August: week of "Museo della civiltà contadina".

SURNAMES: [112 different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]

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

ACQUAFONDATA 8 * ANGELONE 2 * ANTONELLI INFORZATO * ANTONUCCI * APOLLONIO * BARBIERI * BASILE * BASSI * BIFULCI 3 * BUONO * BUZZELLI 2 * CAETANI * CAPONE LOMBARDI 2 * CAPUTO * CARBONE * CARLINI 14 * CARLINO * CARRATELLI * CARUSO * CIAMPAGLIA * CIANFRANI * CINEA 3 * COLAIANNI 17 * COLAIZZI 12 * COLAROSA 2 * COLECCHIA 3 * D'ACHILLE 2 * D'ALENA 3 * D'ALLEVA 3 * D'ERAMO 3 * DE CAPRIO * DE DOMINICIS * DE GIROLAMO * DE LUCA * DE RIENZO * DE RISO * DE STEFANIS * DI BENEDETTO 3 * DI CAPITA 2 * DI CIANNO 2 * DI CROCE * DI CROCE 2 * DI FLORIO 8 * DI GIACOMO * DI IULLO 8 * DI JULLO * DI LORENZO 4 * DI LUCENTE * DI LUDOVICO 2 * DI MARTINO 6 * DI MATTEO * DI NUCCI RICCI * DI PADOVA * DI PIERRO * DI SANO 2 * DI SANSA * DI SANZA 13 * DI TANNA * DI TELLA 5 * FANTONE 3 * FLESCA * FRAINI * FRANCHINI * FRAZZINI 12 * GALANTE 2 * GENTILE * GIANCOLA * GRESELIN * GROSSI 3 * IAFOLLA * IANNACCHIONE 2 * LATINO * LOMBARDI 2 * MAITINO * MARCHIONE * MARIANI 5 * MARRACINO 3 * MASCIO * MAZZOCCO * MELARAGNO * METTA AMICONE * MORELLI 5 * MORGANO 3 * MUSILLI 11 * ONORATO 3 * PAGLIARO CARLINI 3 * PALUMBO 2 * PATETE 2 * PETRARCA 2 * PIZZOTTI * POLLICE * QUARANTA 14 * QUINTO * RICCI 4 * ROSSI 2 * SALOMONE * SALTARELLI * SAMMARONE DI CIANNO * SCOCCHERA * SEBASTIANO * SETTEFRATI 6 * SILVESTRI * SOZIO * TEMPESTA * TESONE * TONTI 6 * TROILO * TROZZI 2 * URBINATI * VITOFRANCESCO *

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