Assise - Forteresse Maggiore Fortress

Rocca Maggiore

Assisi

The first records of the Rocca Maggiore dates back to 1174, when it was erected as a German castle. The future emperor Frederick II of Swabia spent several years of his childhood here in the care of Conrad Urslingen and was baptized in Assisi at the age of three years in 1197. The following year, […]

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Ruines Romaines - Sepino - Altilia - Saepinum

Roman Ruin Saepinum

Molise Sepino

The main attraction of Sepino resides in nearby Roman ruins of the ancient Saepinum. Itself very close to the village of Altilia. The Romans, during the 1st century B.C., built in place of the small resort Samnite a much larger town with forum, theater, temples, baths and fountains. Among the ruins, developed later the village […]

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Fraterna fountain

Isernia Molise

The “Fontana Fraterna” is a refined public fountain with six water jets, with an unusual arcade-shape, made of blocks of calcareous, compact stone. It is built of Roman and Romanesque materials, and had been restored in 1835.

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