Colle d'Anchise, Province Campobasso, Molise, Italy

In a panoramic position overlooking the Matese massif and the Biferno valley, it takes its name from a legend according to which Anchises, a Trojan warrior escaping after the destruction of Troy by the Greeks, stopped here with his son Aeneas. The place is mentioned in 1404 as part of a fiefdom given by the King of Naples to Filippo Santangelo. Subsequently other feudal lords were the Tomacelli and Moccia families, and the Dukes of Costanzo and Filomarino. There are still beautiful traditions, such as those of celebrating San Nicola (31 May) and Santa Margherita (20 July) in the small countryside chapels, stopping then in the country for picnics, or the bonfires for St. Anthony on 13 June.