Guglionesi

Guglionesi sits on a 369-meter ridge between the Biferno and Trigno valleys, halfway between the Adriatic coast and the inland hills of Molise. The Frentani founded the place in the fifth century BC, under the name Uscosium, and it was one of their principal centres before Rome absorbed the confederation. In the sixteenth century the Dominican Serafino Razzi listed Guglionesi alongside the Slav-founded villages of lower Molise; he also recorded that Brother Serafino led the local defence against an Ottoman raid led by Sulayman at the city walls.

The Romanesque Chiesa di San Nicola di Bari and the Collegiata di Santa Maria Maggiore are the medieval anchors of the centro storico; the latter goes back to the twelfth century and holds the relics of the abate Sant'Adamo. The hills produce olive oil good enough for the Città dell'Olio designation, and on a clear afternoon you can see the Tremiti islands offshore.

From Bari / Brindisi (BRI), about 2h 28m by car.

Naples / Salerno (NAP) is about 3 hours away.

By car from the centre of Pescara 1h 30m, Bari 2h 32m or Ancona 3 hours.

There is a railway station in the comune, so you can arrive without a car.

Coming by train into Foggia? Guglionesi is about 1h 21m away by road.