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Craftsmanship of the mountain villages of Molise

Agnone (IS)

In the mountain villages of Molise, historically isolated and self-sufficient, a craft tradition has been preserved around the making of work tools, kitchen implements and everyday objects.

Borgo

Borgo di Scapoli

Scapoli (IS)

A small village of monastic origin tied to the Abbazia di San Vincenzo al Volturno, within the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise, recognised with the Bandiera Arancione of the Touring Club Italiano. The surrounding natural landscape is integral to the identity of the place.

Prodotto tipico

Caciocavallo molisano

Bojano (CB)

Caciocavallo is the most representative pasta filata cheese of Molise, made according to techniques handed down from the transhumant pastoral tradition. In its local variants — from the small fresh form to the aged one — it tells centuries of Apennine dairy culture.

Panorama

Cascate del Carpino di Carpinone

Carpinone (IS)

The Carpino waterfalls, set within dense, unspoilt vegetation near Carpinone, can be reached via paths that run alongside gorges, streams and small pools.

Panorama

Forests of Capracotta and the Bosco degli Abeti

Capracotta (IS)

The forests around Capracotta, in the Molise Apennines, include one of the most significant fir forests in central-southern Italy, in a high-altitude landscape that changes character completely between summer and winter.

Tradizione

La 'Ndocciata di Agnone

Agnone (IS)

A night procession with torches of interwoven branches ('ndocce) held on the eve of the Immaculate Conception, one of Molise's most spectacular pagan-Christian traditions. A collective rite that has involved the entire community of Agnone for centuries.