The Samnite theater is located on the outskirts of Pietrabbondante approximately 966 meters ( 3169 feet) above sea level , next to another small Samnite temple with shops arcades from a previous era (200 BC) . To build it, the Samnites built two terraces along the side of the mountain, but at different levels on […]
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The Bronze sculpture of the Sannita Warrior (Statua del Guerriero Sannita) was created by sculptor Giuseppe Guastalla and inaugurated on October 2 , 1922. The statue is exposed to the school of Pietrabbondante (Molise) . The statue represents the old soldier Samnite to best represent the sacrifice of pietrabbondantesi fell in the First World War. […]
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In the fifteenth century , the village tyrant – Antonello Accattabriga – built a well in the middle of the main road, the road Piaggia with its 100 steps. Legend is that a farmer brought on his back a big bag of flour for polenta, during the ascent of the Piaggia, he sat on the […]
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The Palace of the Captains of the People, built in the 13th century. The Palazzo dei Capitani del Popolo took its present form in the 16th century, when it was altered by various architects, particularly by Cola dell’Amatrice who made the austere rear façade. Inside, beautiful arcaded courtyard.
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Villa Melzi d’Eril is enriched by monuments, relics (including a Venetian gondola transported to Bellagio by the will of Napoleon , and two precious ancient Egyptian statues), rare exotic plants, secular trees, camellias hedges, woods azaleas and gigantic rhododendrons. A villa, a chapel and a greenhouse where the neoclassical touch is at its highest peaks. […]
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