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Sessano del Molise

Province of Isernia, Molise region, Italy

In a territory rich of forests and water springs, Sessano is an ideal starting place for the nature lover escaping from the noisy crowded tourist resorts, and willing to wnjoy, with the quietness of the environment, healthy, genuine cooking especially tasty in such local dishes as the "maccheroni with beans and fried bacon", a dish of the ancient Mediterranean diet rich in proteins and energy.

Sessano is famous for the bloody battle of 28 june 1442, between the armies of king Alfonso of Aragona and the Carpinone Baron, Antonio Caldora, a fierce followers of the Anjou at a time when the letter were losing their supremacy in favor of the Aragonese.

Emigration had its victims here, as when in 1880 near La Spezia in a shipwreck 31 sessanese directed to the USA lost their lives.

Altitude: 810 m a.s.l -- Territory: mountainous -- Population: ca. 1000 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 86090 -- Phone Area Code: 0865 -- Patron Saint: San Donato -- Frazioni & Località: Coste

WHAT TO SEE
  • The "cittadella Mariana", build to welcome the many pilgrims to the church of SS. Assunta
  • The Palazzo Baronale
  • A huge cross sculpted on both sides.
  • The Chapel of Santa Maria degli Angeli

    • EVENTS
  • December: Living Creche
  • 7 August, feast of San Donato Martire

    • SURNAMES: [92 different surnames presently recorded in the phone directory]
    (the number after each surname refers to the number of families - no number means one family)
    ALISI * ALTIERI 20 * ANTONELLI 9 * ARMENTI 2 * AVICOLLI * BATTISTA 2 * BIONDI * BUCCI 19 * CAROTENUTO * CASCIANO 7 * CERASUOLO * CERASUOLO * CERASUOLO * CIACCI * CIAO * CICCAGLIONE 2 * CIRASUOLO * CIULLO * COLARUSSO * COLUCCI 3 * COMEGNA 4 * D'AGNONE 2 * D'IPPOLITO 35 * DI BONA * DI CARLO 2 * DI CREDDO 3 * DI DARIO * DI IANNI 3 * DI IPPOLITO CASCIANO 2 * DI LUCIA 9 * DI MARCO 2 * DI PASQUALE * DURANTE 16 * EVANGELISTA * FANTOZZI 2 * FAVRETTO * FRANCIOSA * FRARACCIO * GALDI * GENTILE 3 * GIACCHETTA 18 * GIACULLO 4 * GIULIANO * IACOMACCI * IACOVONE * IAFRANCESCO 8 * IENGO * IMPOSIMATO * LA ROCCA * LABELLA * LALLI 7 * LEVA * LIEGGI 2 * MACARI * MANCINI 10 * MANUPPELLA 2 * MARCHI * MARINO * MARRA 2 * MARTINO * MILO' D'ABRUZZO * MONACELLI * MUCCIARONE 5 * NARDINI * NOTTE * PADULA * PAIANO * PALERMO * PALUMBO * PECORELLI 2 * PETRECCA 12 * PETROLLINI 12 * PETTA 3 * PROSPERO * PUTRINO * ROMEI * ROSSI * SACCO 6 * SCHIAVONE * SCIARRA 10 * SERVODIO * TESTA * TORINO * TRAMONTANO * TRAVASSO 9 * URSI * VALENTE 4 * VALERIO 15 * VENDITTI 3 * VENEZIALE * VISCIONE * VITI * ZIVOLO

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