Campobasso (Campuascio, Campuasce in campobassano) is an Italian
town of 49 028 inhabitants, the capital of the province of the same
name and of the Molise region.
First city in the region by
population, it rises at 701 m a.s.l. (Monforte castle at 792 m),
thus resulting, by altitude, the third regional capital of
peninsular Italy after Potenza and L'Aquila, and the fourth absolute
capital of the province, also considering Enna.
The city,
probably of Lombard origin, is located in the area between the
Biferno and Fortore rivers. The historic center collects numerous
testimonies of the different eras of the city, from the
thirteenth-century church of San Leonardo, to the fifteenth-century
Monforte castle, and the neoclassical cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
In 2018 Campobasso was awarded the title of village of considerable
historical interest by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.
The
city is home to the University of Molise, the Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano, a Carabinieri Student School and a
Student Agent School of the State Police.
Palazzo San Giorgio: Town Hall building, built in 1879 on the
medieval church of Santa Maria della Libera. The palace has a large
portico with round arches and large square pillars. The elegant façade
is divided into three floors and is surmounted by a clock face at the
base of which is the writing "MUNICIPIO". In the center of the first
floor there is a small balcony with marble columns supported by two
columns with a smooth shaft and an Ionic capital. The windows on the
first floor can be divided into two groups: out of fifteen in total,
five of them have a round arch at the top, and the remaining ten are
surmounted by a triangular-shaped drum; while on the second floor all
fifteen windows do not have a tambour but a simple horizontal order. The
pilasters on the second floor separate the windows and double in some
points, dividing the façade into five vertical parts, as if they also
wanted to highlight the internal division of the structure.
Palazzo
Magno: The palace takes its name from Mercurio Magno, who obtained the
property from the Neapolitan De Tilla family, who used the property as a
private summer residence. Il Magno remained its owner until 1936, when
the Province purchased it to establish its headquarters there. During
the Second World War, the city of Campobasso had to undergo the
requisition of several buildings, and among these there was also Palazzo
Magno. From the rooms of the palace a hospital and a morgue were created
by the Poles; with the movement of the front beyond the Gustav line, the
Italian military engineers obtained permission to establish the Molise
Minefield Reclamation Area Command in the complex, thus organizing the
first mine clearing course in 1944. It was finally only in 1946 that the
building was returned to the Province and since then it has still served
as its headquarters.
Mario Pagano National Boarding School:
Originally it was called "Collegio Sannitico", by decree of 12 March
1816 with headquarters at the Antoniani monastery as it was not suitable
for a school building. Once the necessary works to adapt the premises
were completed, the college was inaugurated on 16 November 1817, taking
on the prefix Real with another royal decree dated 25 January 1854. The
direction of the Real Sannitico College was entrusted to the Barnabite
Fathers who carried out a project for the construction of a new building
for schools and boarding schools. Having obtained the new structures,
they asked and obtained to leave the management of the Institute. The
college remained closed until the beginning of 1857, when Canon Berardo
Palombieri was called to direct it, under whose administration in that
same year the college was elevated to a high school. On 4 March 1865,
under the proposal of the Ministry of Public Education, with a decree
signed in Milan by King Vittorio Emanuele II, the college took its
current name as the national boarding school "Mario Pagano", in honor of
the Italian jurist, politician and patriot Mario Pagano . Curiosity: the
valuable garden of the Convitto follows the area in which the "Cortile -
Matese" sheep-track branch extended.
Bank of Italy Building: The Bank
of Italy building was inaugurated in 1925; its construction involved the
demolition of many houses, including that of the Old Dazio. The elegant
building has three floors. The side façade offers a more scenographic
architectural vision: in fact, being slightly arched, it almost seems to
want to accommodate the austere monument to Gabriele Pepe.
Palazzo
Mazzarotta: The palace dates back to the 16th century as the seat of a
religious brotherhood and only in the 18th century did it become the
residence of the Neapolitan noble family of Mazzarotta, whose origins
date back to the Aragonese era. A branch of this family in fact moved to
Campobasso and settled in the palace, where the coat of arms with the
dolphin on the wavy sea is still visible, a variant of the original in
which there was a snake. The internal part houses the Samnite Museum.
Palazzo Cannavina: Its construction dates back to the 17th and 18th
centuries, it was then extensively remodeled during the 19th century.
The building first belonged to the Carafa, dukes of Jelsi and feudal
lords of Campobasso, then, not having these heirs, it passed to the
barons of Campobasso who owned it until 1742. It was a state property
until 1783, when it was purchased by the Salottolo family; it finally
passed to the Cannavina family, whose name remained on the building. In
2011 the furnishings and the building were put up for sale by the heirs.
Palazzo dell'ex GIL: The Palazzo ex GIL was built between 1936 and 1938
based on a design by the Neapolitan architect Domenico Filippone
(1903-1970), «an architecture that received unanimous appreciation for
its clarity of distribution and attention to which the designer had
responded to the actual consistency of the surrounding landscape and
architectural environment, avoiding courtly and high-sounding
resolutions". After having been the seat of the activities of the local
Italian Youth of the Littorio, then of the trade unions and finally of a
high school, in 1975 the powers over the building passed from the State
to the Molise Region which however abandoned it to neglect and decay
until, in September 1989, the building was recognized as being of
historical and artistic interest and subjected to restrictions by the
Superintendence. The Molise Region, intending to demolish the building,
then turned to the Ministry for Cultural and Environmental Heritage,
obtaining the revocation of the restriction. The conflicts continued
and, despite the restoration of the restriction in 1992, in those years
the two wings of the building were demolished.
Casa della Scuola:
school building built in the 20th century, in neoclassical style, today
home to the Municipal Library and Media Library and the Civic Gallery of
Modern and Contemporary Art.
Post and Telegraph Palace: it was built
between 1923 and 1927. Designed by the engineer. Giambattista de Capoa
it develops on a ground floor and two floors plus another superimposed
one later. The three main entrance doors are embellished with sturdy
railings on which there is, in the one on the left, the coat of arms of
the City of Campobasso and, in the one on the right, the coat of arms of
the Province of Campobasso. In the left side door, under the writing
"Direction", there is a bronze bas-relief depicting Mercury holding
lightning bolts, symbol of speed, in his right hand and the caduceus
(stick with two coiled snakes) in his left hand.
Palace of Justice:
it was built according to the engineer's design. Silverio Pappalardo
between 1930 and 1936 in a style that is influenced by the austerity of
the Doric style to signify the seriousness of the law for the defense of
the citizen.
Government Palace: it was born in the late Middle Ages
as a convent for Poor Clare nuns, which was then closed in the early
18th century. On those ruins, at the behest of the rich merchant
Agostino Santellis, another convent was built for the Carmelite nuns.
This new construction phase was also short-lived and, over time, it was
put to various other uses. In 1810 it became a prison until 1862 when
the inmates were transferred to the new building which still serves as
the city prison. Subsequently, in 1856 the Council of the Province of
Molise entrusted the architect Oscar Capocci with the task of presenting
a renovation project in order to use it as an office building. It was
delivered in 1861 and completed, with modifications, in 1862.
Palazzo
Iapoce: Built in the 18th century by the Iapoce family, probably on
pre-existing 14th and 15th century buildings, it was the subject of
notable renovation and consolidation works between the 1980s and 1990s.
It is the seat of the Regional Superintendency of Cultural Heritage of
Molise.
Monforte Castle: An ancient parchment dating back to 1375 confirms
the existence of a castle in the city already on that date, and is the
oldest testimony in this regard. It dominates the city at around 790 m
above sea level, almost a hundred higher than the average height of the
municipality. The surrounding area is occupied by the Via Matris park, a
nature trail which winds along the slope of the hill and retraces the
stages of the Via Crucis. The castle is engraved on a five euro silver
coin minted by the State Mint in 2012 for the "Italia delle Arti" series
dedicated to the city of Campobasso.
The castle has a quadrangular
plan, with four truncated circular corner towers, and a larger tower
inside the body. Being a structure that remained faithful to the task of
surveillance, even in the 18th and 19th centuries, the castle has
maintained, both outside and inside, a rather austere appearance,
preserving the original structure.
Medieval fortification walls:
these are the medieval walls built in the 13th century, damaged in the
earthquake of 1456, and dismantled after the serious earthquake of 1805.
However, what remains of them are the boundary lines of the medieval
village, and numerous watchtowers and city gates access to the old city.
Among the towers are:
Terzano Tower:
It is located near the
church of San Bartolomeo, in the highest part of the village. Famous
because, according to legend, in the 16th century there were two
families at war: the Brotherhood of the Crusaders (made up of artisans),
and that of the Trinitarians (the new emerging commercial class). Their
children Fonzo Mastrangelo and Delicata Civerra, opposed by their
respective families in their love, were unable to realize their dream,
because Delicata's father locked her daughter inside the tower, walling
it up. Fonzo, desperate, joined the army to forget, and Delicata died of
a broken heart, and after a few years Fonzo, having discovered the
tragedy, decided to atone for his sins by becoming a friar. The tower
has a circular plan in simple trezza stone, with some slits.
Torre San Mercurio (or Torre di Vico Carnaio):
fortified tower,
restored in the 15th century, located near the former church of San
Mercurio. Three-storey cylindrical tower, with three windows, which has
now become a home. Its top is covered with tiles.
Porta Santa
Cristina (Porta Mancina')
15th century door, modified in subsequent
centuries. It has two large bastions at its base which fortify the urban
arch, and at its side a semicircular tower, with three levels. Today it
has become a civil residence, but has maintained its original
appearance.
Torre dei Petitti and Torre dei Presutti
built in 1456
at the behest of Cola di Monforte. Today they are civil residences, but
they have retained their original shoe-based structure, with a circular
plan, divided into a maximum of three sectors.
Porta Sant'Antonio
(Gate of Chiaia) and Torre Pettini
they are a fortified complex,
built in 1456. The door is a simple round arch, located near the church
of Sant'Antonio Abate. Further to the right is the tower, connected to a
civil residence, once part of the fortified walls. The Tower has a
circular plan with a shoe base.
Porta San Paolo (Gate of Rosa) and
Torre dei Ferrante
they constitute a single defensive complex, near
the entrance to the castle. The door is a rough round arch which however
still has a very important medieval coat of arms and next to it there is
the guard tower of Renaissance origin, which is also now a civil
residence, but which has almost maintained its ancient appearance. It
has a circular plan with a shoe base.
Porta Santa Maria della Croce -
no longer exists; built in the 14th century by Nicola Monforte
Porta
San Nicola (New Gate)
door built in 1456 at the behest of Cola di
Monforte. It has the appearance of a city arch with a stone frame, and
an archivolt with the coat of arms of the city's noble family.
Tower
of Abbot Ginetti
It has a structure of irregular ashlars with a shoe
base. It was built in 1456 at the behest of Cola di Monforte, and is
located in via San Lorenzo.
Porta San Leonardo (Gate of the square -
Gate of the village) - no longer exists.
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity: In 1504, at the encouragement of the
feudal lord Andrea di Capua, the church of the Holy Trinity was built
outside the city walls. The great brotherhood of the Trinity had its
seat in this church right from the start, suppressed only with the
Napoleonic laws in 1809 and becoming famous for its bloody battles with
the Crusaders for hegemony over the city. Destroyed by the earthquake of
1805, it was rebuilt to a design by the architect Bernardino Musenga. It
was reopened for worship in 1829, becoming a parish and seat of the
collegiate chapter. In 1860 it was closed to worship and used by regular
troops as barracks. In 1900 it was reopened to the faithful, becoming a
cathedral in 1927. With the move of the bishop's seat from Bojano to
Campobasso, the building was the subject of further work. Designed by
the architect Tullio Passarelli and the engineer. Between 1927 and 1933,
Vittorio Tiberio saw to the raising of the central nave and the
construction of the apse, the latter containing a good quality fresco by
Romeo Musa depicting Pentecost and others by Amedeo Trivisonno.
Recently, however, research published by two young scholars has
reconstructed the baroquely sumptuous appearance of the church before
1805 and, furthermore, has brought to the fore the fact that since 1573
another large city brotherhood had been based in the church: that of the
Santissimo Rosario.
Church of Sant'Antonio Abate: The church of
Sant'Antonio Abate was built in 1572 on the remains of a pre-existing
church of modest dimensions. It is the most representative monument of
Baroque art in Campobasso. The interior has a nave with a magnificent
high altar made of marble in 1748. On the side walls there are four
altars carved in wood and covered in pure gold. In the church there are
valuable paintings by Guarino da Solofra such as the canvas of Saint
Benedict from 1643 and some other small-format works found on the altar
dedicated to Saint Anthony the Abbot. Numerous paintings on the walls of
the presbytery of the Neapolitan school of the 17th and 18th centuries,
including those by the Molise painter Michele Scaroina.
Church of
Sant'Antonio di Padova: modern church from the 1960s. It has a structure
that quite respects the classic canons of a church: rectangular plan
with a single nave and a turreted bell tower. The façade is marked by
two orders of seven slender rectangular windows, with a relief of Saint
Anthony in the center. The access has a porch. The interior has two
lateral colonnades, and a semicircular apse, with rays on the top
Church of San Bartolomeo: The church dates back to the mid-13th century.
and has a horizontal crowning façade, the central part of which is
raised compared to the lateral ones. The pseudo-prothyrum that adorns
the portal is the most evident element of the facade and has two blind
arches divided by two columns leaning against the wall. Of Apulian
inspiration, the porch is very flattened, almost as if it were no more
than a high relief; inside the prothyrum there is a lunette divided into
two sections: the first depicts the "Greek style" blessing Christ the
Redeemer, the other is in turn divided into eight trapezoidal figures
that surround the symbols of the four evangelists and on each of which
there is a doctor of the Church of the East and the West opposed two by
two. Particular is the hand represented on the heads of these doctors to
represent the Almighty. The interior of the church, as the facade itself
suggests, is divided into three naves by rows of columns without bases
and with geometric capitals joined together by round arches.
Church
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: completely rebuilt after a fire that broke
out in 1922, it was built practically on the ancient Church of Peace,
dedicated to the Annunciation and built at the end of the sixteenth
century as a tangible sign of the reconciliation between the two enemy
brotherhoods of the city, namely the Crusaders and the Trinitarians. It
has an eighteenth-century bust of Saint Anne, the only statue that was
saved from the fire of 1922.
Church of San Giorgio: The church dates
back to the Middle Ages. The façade is gabled and there is an attempt to
distinguish between the central nave and the side naves through two
pillars with capitals. On the portal there is a lunette which proposes
the theme of the cruciferous lamb decorated with floral ornaments.
Perpendicular to the bezel, placed higher up, there is also a small
funnel-shaped rosette.
Church of San Giovannello: The only
information about the dating of the church is provided by the architrave
above the access portal, which bears the date 1551, a cross and two
figures in adoration. Ancient testimonies inform us that in 1764 the
hill was used as a burial place, in view of a possible epidemic within
the city. Over the centuries the church has been subjected to several
dependencies: on the architrave of the facade there is the symbol of the
church of Santa Maria della Croce dated 1846; subsequently it was part
of the parish of the church of San Leonardo and San Giorgio
Church of
San Giuseppe Artigiano: The parish was established on 8 December 1969 by
decree of Msgr. Alberto Carinci, bishop of Campobasso. Designed by the
engineer. Enrico Mandolesi was begun in 1972 and finished in 1974. The
entrance has a staircase in Tivoli travertine and the glass entrance
doors are protected by iron gates made up of sturdy pyramidal nails in
memory of the nails of Christ's crucifixion.
Church of San Leonardo:
The structural components of the church are from the end of the century.
XIV: the portal, of Gothic inspiration, has little splay and is made up
of jambs, pillars and smooth columns: the arches, with central spiral
moulding, enclose the cruciferous lamb in the lunette. The single-lancet
window on the left of the portal is Romanesque, outlined by intertwining
branches and floral motifs.
Church of Santa Maria della Croce: Built
in the Norman period by the faithful who formed the brotherhood of the
"Crusaders", it underwent transformations following earthquakes which
modified its original appearance. It has a fifteenth-century layout with
a longitudinal Latin cross plan with three naves illuminated by a
classical dome. The facade highlights, with its three portals, the
basilica division of the interior. On the sides of the altar there are
the Chapel of the Addolorata and that of the Sacred Heart, in which the
nineteenth-century wooden statue of the Addolorata, of the Neapolitan
school, and that of the Dead Christ rebuilt in plaster in 1954 are
preserved.
Church of Santa Maria de Foras: We have news of the church
and convent in the 14th century regarding the earthquake of 1348 and the
movements of some abbots. The current church, completely rebuilt in the
years 1969-1970, is of the same proportions as the previous one, as is
the bell cast in Agnone in 1822. Inside, the statues of the Assumption
and San Rocco are visible, both works by Paolo Saverio Di Zinno and the
San Cristoforo by Emilio Labbate from 1890.
Church of Santa Maria
della Libera: The church was incorporated into Palazzo San Giorgio,
unfortunately it remains devoid of any sign on the external facade that
recalls a sacred place. Tradition has it that the original monastery was
built on the site by Saint Peter Celestine himself in 1290; it would
later be expanded by the saint's disciple, the blessed Roberto da Salle.
The church, whose façade was built in 1320, was seriously affected by
the earthquake of 1805; Among so many ruins, only the wall in which the
niche of the statuette of the Virgin was remained unharmed: an ancient
wooden statue, rather small (109 cm high), with a slender body, a long
neck, an oval face, and a faintly sweet smile. .
Church of Santa
Maria di Loreto: is located in the Santo Stefano district: The current
church of S. Maria di Loreto was built in 1890 and completed in 1922. It
replaced the previous one, built in the 18th century and destroyed
following the landslide of 1902. It contains a painting by an unknown
artist depicting the Virgin of Sorrows and the statues of Our Lady of
Sorrows, St. Stephen and St. Lucia plus a 15th century crucifix.
Church of Santa Maria Maggiore - Santa Maria del Monte: located at the
Monforte Castle. The church of Santa Maria Maggiore, overlooking the
Monforte castle, is the ancient Santa Maria del Monte. The first certain
news of its existence dates back to 1354. It was built as a simple noble
chapel dedicated to the Virgin and, over time, also used as a burial
place for feudal families. In 1905 the church was entrusted to the
Capuchin Fathers who still look after it today. The entire place of
worship has been restored; the facade has a wall facing in Vinchiaturo
stones with irregularly placed rough ashlars. Inside it has a valuable
altar in polychrome marble. Particularly interesting is the statue of
the SS. Virgin of 1334, devoutly venerated.
Church of Maria Mater
Ecclesiae: The building for the homes of the religious and for social
works began in 1975. The care was entrusted to the Marianist Fathers who
had been tasked, since 1965, with taking care of the Vazzieri district
in which no there was no building of worship. The place of worship has a
semicircular shape and has the baptismal font in the center.
Church
of San Paolo: The first church of San Paolo, still existing today, dates
back to the 17th century and is located at the end of Viale del
Castello. Built in a single nave, it was initially used to officiate
mass for those inhabitants who had settled just outside the village or
who lived in the area known as San Paolo and who did not want,
especially during the winter period, to run the risk of tumbles on the
access roads to the other churches located higher up in the town
Church of San Pietro: modern church from the 1960s, with a rectangular
structure, from whose extreme right side the actual church rises, rising
with a trapezoidal dome punctuated by ribs, and from which rises a small
bell tower.
Church and convent of San Giovanni del Gelsi: 12th
century church, restored in 1415, which was entrusted to the Blessed
Giovanni da Stroncone, becoming one of the best-known convent centers in
Molise. After closing at the behest of Murat, it was returned to the
community of friars in 1892, and then closed again. In the 1900s it was
reopened and restored. It has a baroque façade with a classical
architrave, and a rectangular convent building, with a portico and
internal cloister. Inside the church the Art Nouveau style is very
strong, as it was restored in the early 1900s, being in a poor state of
conservation.
Former church of San Mercurio: deconsecrated church of
considerable interest, dating back to at least the 11th century. It has
a single nave plan, with a gabled stone façade, decorated by a portal
surmounted by a monolithic lunette and a central rose window. The
interior is perfectly preserved in its Romanesque form, even if the
presbytery wall is the result of numerous and completely uneven
restorations.
The hypogea, created over the centuries by the work of man, represent
a hidden reality of the ancient village. Much of the stone was quarried
in order to build the buildings, so one can imagine the volumes existing
underground. Following the catastrophic earthquake of 1456, Count Cola
di Monforte designed the new city, with a defensive structure, providing
it with double walls, interrupted by the gates that gave access to the
village. He used the existing voids by connecting them to each other and
making them functional to a military logic. A web of tunnels, a sort of
"network" in medieval times that allowed rapid communication from
multiple points. Among the photographed underground areas, there are
some sections of the ancient walkway that allowed the garrisons to move
quickly from one tower to another and from the surrounding walls to the
upper part of the hill. The "Centro Storico" Association directs its
research on this reliable hypothesis with the aim of retracing the
legendary passage that allowed the final escape in the event of
prolonged sieges.
Over the centuries the underground areas have
undergone various uses: towards the end of the 15th century, with the
expansion of the village and the establishment of the customs office
following the edict of Ferrante d'Aragona, the flour, salt and of meats.
During the Second World War they were used by the population as
anti-aircraft shelters.
In the 1960s some were used as discos and
meeting places for young people, thanks to the size of the spaces and
their natural acoustic insulation.
Subsequently they were
completely abandoned and no longer used, in many cases becoming
authentic landfills of building material following the renovations of
the buildings on the surface. They are currently highly sought after to
make them usable as pubs and restaurants.
These are the main green areas of the city:
Bosco Faiete
Garden
of the Mario Pagano national boarding school
Piazza Bernardino
Musenga (Villa of the Cannons)
Alessandro Manzoni Park
Eduardo De
Filippo Park
Giuseppe Ungaretti Park
Memorial Park
Giuseppe
Manente Music Park
Via Matris Park
Scarafone torrent park
San
Giovannello pine forest
The eighteenth-century "Villa De Capoa", restored with an accurate
project, is one of the most evocative places in the city.
The
park, adjacent to the former convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, was
built in the sixteenth century by Andrea di Capua. For about two
centuries it served as a reserve for the herbs that the monks of the
convent used to create natural medicines. In the eighteenth century it
was purchased by private individuals and reorganized into a real park.
Finally, in the 19th century, Countess Marianna de Capoa donated it to
the city.
The garden is Italian style, covering an area of almost
16,000 m². The main avenue runs from the entrance to a square; in it
there are a fountain and a circular platform, used to stage shows. In
other areas of the garden there is a hedge labyrinth and a rotunda
bordered by four flowerbeds, in which sequoias were planted in 1929. To
enrich the suggestive paths there are mythological sculptures, stone or
hedge arches, a late 15th century sarcophagus, a well, stone benches and
a cave. The main entrance, with the precious Art Nouveau wrought iron
gate, overlooks Piazza Savoia.
The plant species present are
varied and worthy of attention: tall sequoias, mighty cedars of Lebanon,
elegant cypresses, spruces, fragrant lime trees continue to have a
function that is not only ornamental: they are testimony to the culture,
taste and art of those who created this jewel many years ago.
Inside the park there is a sports complex for playing tennis, with
several indoor and outdoor courts, where from 2002 to 2012, every year,
the international women's tennis tournament of the ITF Women's Tour
circuit named "Regione Molise" was organized on whose prize ranged
between $10,000 and $25,000; in 2011 it was won by the Italian Karin
Knapp.
«The mountains around up to the sublime Maiella were
arranged in rows; and their peaks, touching in appearance and by
dubious lists scarcely distinguished, the immensity of the basins
hinted at the Biferno del Trigno and the Sangro, in which so many
other smaller valleys are suitable. Numerous hamlets, which in the
foreshortening and which in the prospect, enlivened this scene,
crowned Campobasso, except that the obscure woods and roofs were
removed from the snow. "
(From the work "La Pace" by Michelangelo
Ziccardi, 19th century.)
Campobasso is a city formed by an
ancient part of medieval origin, rich in historical and artistic
values, located on the slope of a hill dominated by the Monforte
castle, and by a more modern and elegant part of the nineteenth
century, located in the plain at the foot of the ancient center.
Around the castle that dominates the city, the historic center
develops like a fan, consisting of alleys and long and winding
stairways, on the sides of which there are stone houses and
buildings, often with characteristic internal courtyards. There are
numerous portals rich in decorations, coats of arms of noble
families and allegorical figures.
The nineteenth-century
city, called the Murattian center, extends flat and has the typical
characteristics of the urban development of this historical period.
Designed according to the ideal of the garden city, it has many
green spaces and drinking fountains.
The climate
of the city is of the Apennine type. In winter, during the freezing
outbreaks from the Balkans, snowfalls occur caused by the Adriatic
stau induced by the southern Samnite Apennines, which sometimes
favor significant snow accumulations.
Summer is on average
quite cool and, being a city of medium height, humidity is often
relatively low; however, there are occasional phases of heat.
Autumn is cool and rainy, with an average of 81mm in November.
The city has discrete pluviometric accumulations.