Parco Nazionale
Parco Nazionale in Molise
8 towns
Molise holds 8 Parco Nazionale sites inside our catalogue. They are in the Isernia and Campobasso provinces.
The three most recognized in our catalogue are Roccamandolfi, Fornelli, and Venafro. 5 more towns carry the mark alongside them.
The towns
Roccamandolfi
Province: Isernia · 850 m
At 850 meters at the foot of Monte Miletto, a Matese village of brigand legends, Lombard ruins, and a Tibetan bridge over the Callora canyon.
Fornelli
Province: Isernia · 530 m
A walled medieval borgo at 530 meters with seven towers and the birthplace of Nancy Pelosi's mother, eight kilometers west of Isernia.
Venafro
Province: Isernia · 222 m
A 222-meter town near the Lazio border where an emperor founded a colony and Pliny called the local oil the best in the Empire.
Isernia
Province: Isernia · 423 m
A provincial capital on a 423-meter rock spine, with a Paleolithic site about 600,000 years old and a public fountain built from Roman stones.
Pizzone
Province: Isernia · 724 m
A 300-person Mainarde village at 724 meters, above the Volturno springs.
Scapoli
Province: Isernia · 668 m
Italy's zampogna bagpipe capital: a 576-resident borgo in the Mainarde at 668m, with a centuries-old tradition of hand-building the zampogna and the Bandiera Arancione plus national park signals.
Sepino
Province: Campobasso · 698 m
A hilltop borgo at 698 meters at the foot of the Matese, two kilometers above the Roman Saepinum, the open-air city the sheep tracks built.
Castel San Vincenzo
Province: Isernia · 749 m
A 749-meter village near the Volturno source, sharing ground with one of medieval Europe's most powerful abbeys and a ninth-century frescoed crypt.
From elsewhere in Italy
Five more towns
Garbagna
Province: Alessandria
A borgo at 270 meters with tall Ligurian-style houses, held together by narrow stone streets and carved portals.
Tenno
Province: Trento
A hillside commune above Lake Garda where a medieval stone hamlet, a turquoise lake and the northernmost olive groves in Europe sit within reach of each other.
Orta San Giulio
Province: Novara
A promontory facing an islet basilica, with a UNESCO complex of Francis-of-Assisi chapels on the hill above.
Porto Ceresio
Province: Varese
The Italian port on the southern shore where the Swiss border runs through the water below Monte San Giorgio.
Monteverde
Province: Avellino
A 740-meter borgo on the Apulian border of Irpinia, closer to Foggia than to its own provincial capital.