A PIECE OF HEAVEN

SANNIO

FOIANO - Historical crossroads of peoples and cultures in the valley of Fortore

Thick woods surround the sides of the mountains rising all around. Far higher than the hamlet of Foiano nestled in the valley crossed by the river Fortore from which it takes its name from.

MONTESARCHIO, the ancient capital of the Caudines

According to the myth, in its proximity, in one of the grottoes of Taburno, Hercules succeeded one of his twelve labours killing the lion of which he would have worn the hide.

AROUND THE HAMLET OF CUSANO MUTRI

On the southern slope of the Matese, Cusano Mutri is a magnificent Middle Ages hamlet which remained unchanged over the years, except for the Castle of the XIII century from which there is only picturesque ruins remaining.

FAICCHIO - Many churches around the tiny "Castel Nuovo"

Similar to Castel Nuovo, the great fortress on the sea of the capital, albeit smaller in size.

SAN MARCO DEI CAVOTI - There is a Provençal tower in the village of “torrone”

According to Titus Livius, it was a Samnites invention. Then the Romans admired it to the point that they make its name, cupedia, derive from the verb cupio, in other words “wish”.

SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI - the fortress in the shade of Taburno

The Saticula of the Samnites is dominating Valle Caudina from the rock outcrop, which rises along the slopes of Monte Taburno.

Foiano