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Old Tragjas Village
Albania
The ruined village of Old Tragjas is a monument of cultural heritage in Tragjas, Vlora District, Vlora County and undoubtedly one of the most interest...
The Bay of Bristan
Albania
Bristani is a natural beach located on the western side of the Karaburun peninsula along the Ionian Sea. The bay of Bristan offers partial shelter fro...
Chiesa dei ss Cosma e Damiano di Isernia
Molise
The small church of Saints Cosma and Damiano is located outside the town of Isernia, on a small hill at the foot of which flows the Carpino river. A festival dedicated to the martyred saints is held in the last week of September. The people of Isernia and neighbouring communities are very devoted to the thaumaturge saints and it can be said with certainty that this hill has always been a place of devotion.
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Basilica Minore dell'Addolorata di Castelpetroso
Molise
The Sanctuary of Maria Santissima Addolorata in Castelpetroso is located at the foot of Mount Patalecchia. Its neo-Gothic structure, its domes, spires and white stones make it stand out in the green of the surrounding forest. It was built following a miraculous event: on 22 March 1888, two peasant women, Bibiana and Serafina, were in the area known as "Cesa tra Santi", grazing two sheep. One of them was lost and the two women did their best to look for it.
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The Bay of Grama
Albania
The bay of Grama is one of the pearls of the Ionian coast where the sea is segmented by massive rocks which quite naturally create a paradisiacal oasi...
Chiesa della Madonna del Castello in San Felice del Molise
Molise
The church (also called Santa Maria Divina) was built in 1910 on the ruins of a castle where, it is said, lived a princess named Cecilia, who died in Rome in a state of sanctity. Among the ruins of the ancient castle existing on the spot, was found by a faithful, a small bronze statue (now lost, it retains only a photograph). According to the story was the Virgin herself to appear to the woman and showed her the place where his effigy was. Immediately began the pilgrimages, became so numerous to give life to the cult of the Virgin sanctioned by the competent ecclesiastical authority. Particularly interesting is the rite that is celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter, the statuette of the Immaculate Virgin -different from the original one stolen at the end of the '70s- is carried on foot in procession from the inhabited center of San Felice to the church of the Madonna del Castello.
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Cappella di Santa Maria Assunta Macchia Valfortore
Molise
The chapel of Madonna Assunta, or 'cappella a llong' in Macchiarolo dialect, built in the 18th century, stands on a high hill, from where a good part of the Fortore valley can be admired. Some anecdotes are linked to the small rock church: The first one wants that due to its position it is considered one of the seven sisters (churches that can be seen from each other and the seventh sees Rome and therefore St. Peter).
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Eremo di Sant’Egidio in Frosolone
Molise
The Hermitage of St. Egidio in Frosolone is a pretty little church just outside the village, at the foot of Colle dell'Orso. Dedicated to the patron saint of Frosolone, Sant'Egidio, a hermit to whom numerous healings and miracles are attributed. It is of very ancient construction, the date is unknown, but in the Middle Ages it was a chapel with a hermitage and depended on the Convent of Sant'Onofrio, which stood a little higher up, garrisoned by the Antonians (a hospital and monastic-military order of the Middle Ages).
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Llogara National Park and Hiking Llogara
Albania
In 1966 the national park of Llogara was declared a cultural monument. It lies in Vlore southwestern Albania, along the lonian sea, taking up a surfac...
Jewish Street Vlora
Albania
The Hebrew Street in Vlora is a monument of cultural heritage in the district of Vlora, in the county of Vlora, Albania. This monument is of the "...
Dukat Agroturizem
Albania
The growth of Dukati Farm has been gradual; they first started as a farm, then turned into a winery around 1993. Today the farm reaches a total area o...
Santa Maria delle Grotte Rocchetta a Volturno
Molise
The church of Santa Maria alle Grotte is a true jewel of Benedictine rock architecture, the only remaining building of a larger monastic complex.
The sanctuary stands a few kilometres from the town of Rocchetta, in an isolated position among the rocks and lush vegetation, a place of passage for pilgrims (the effigy of St Christopher, protector of wayfarers, bears witness to this) who travelled along the ancient route linking the Benedictine abbeys of San Vincenzo and Montecassino. Built on natural caves that characterise the area, they determine the very name of the church. Definitely linked to the archaic rites of Mother Earth and the idea of Mary's womb (the ancient statue of the Madonna with child indicates the devotional cult linked to the place).
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Santuario della Madonna di Bisaccia in Montenero di Bisaccia
Molise
The Sanctuary of the Madonna di Bisaccia is about 1 km from the centre of Montenero di Bisaccia, situated on a hill and close to the Tratturo Centurelle - Montesecco, a derivation of the Reale Tratturo L'Aquila - Foggia. It dates back to 1200, and besides being a place of worship to which the inhabitants of Montenero are most attached, it is also the destination of many pilgrimages coming not only from Molise but also from Abruzzo and Puglia. The Sanctuary of the Madonna di Bisaccia was built on the ruins of an earlier chapel destroyed by various earthquakes. Originally, the central plan dates back to 1811, while the side aisles were added in 1840.
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Cattedrale di San Basso Termoli
Molise
Termoli Cathedral (Italian: Basilica Cattedrale di Santa Maria della Purificazione) is located in the oldest settlement of Termoli and it is one of the most important church of Molise Region. It represents the period of maximum economic expansion of the city – Middle Ages. Whit a magnificent and gorgeous aspect, it has the entrance door that is reached by climbing nine external steps. The Cathedral was built over a pre-existing religious building, in turn, built in the 4th century, on a pagan temple dedicated to Castor and Pollux, the two Dioscuri, figures from Greek and Roman mythology, twin sons of Zeus.
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Eremo di San Luca Pescopennataro
Molise
Located at Pescopennataro an altitude of 1500 m a.s.l., the Hermitage of San Luca is in a place of particular natural beauty, built by exploiting a natural hollow at the base of a high stone wall, making it one of the most majestic hermitages created from a cave. The interior is formed by the hollowing out of the rock, while the outer walls are built of stone or wood. It consists of two rooms with separate entrance doors: the first was used as a dwelling, the second as a chapel for praying, equipped with an altar with the picture of the Saint.
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The Island of Sazani
Albania
The Island of Sazan is situated at the point where the Adriatic and Ionian seas gently meet in a very important strategic, ecological and social posit...
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Grotta di San Michele a Sant'Angelo in Grotte
Molise
The sanctuary dates back to 1200 and is located in Sant'Angelo in Grotte, a hamlet of Santa Maria del Molise. On the perimeter of the old church, a single-nave church was rebuilt from scratch. The walls of the cave were restored and enlarged in 1890 with the contribution of emigrants to the USA. Inside, there is a charming cave with a spring of blessed water. There is a legend attached to this place: "Saint Michael chose this place as his earthly home. Fascinated by the beauty of the place, but disappointed by the behaviour of the inhabitants, one day he walked through a crevice in the rock and from there took flight for the place that is still called Monte Sant'Angelo".
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Eremo S. Amico San Pietro Avellana
Molise
Situated at an altitude of 960 metres above sea level, the hermitage stands, according to legend, on the site where the Saint's body was found.
In the 13th century, immediately after the death of Sant'Amico, the first construction of the sanctuary took place. In 1623, Abbot Bernardino de Saavedra officially recognised the discovery of the body of St. Amadeus, thus giving rise to the church's official cult. The church dates back to the middle of the 17th century. It has a Greek cross plan and the presbytery is surmounted by a dome.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta di Ripabottoni
Molise
Located at Ripabottoni, the church of Santa Maria Assunta is one of the best examples of Baroque architecture in Molise, so much so that in 1926 it was declared a monument of national interest. The work of the Neapolitan architect Ferdinando Sanfelice, author of numerous palaces and churches in Naples, it was built between 1731 and 1774. The interior has a basilica layout with three naves and no transept, and is richly decorated with stucco work. The building contains the most significant works of the painter Paolo Gamba, a native of Ripabottoni, and a work by his Neapolitan master Francesco Solimena.
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Velca Cave
Albania
The caves of Velçe belong to the late Neolithic culture of the 3rd millennium BC. According to Prof. Marcian's notes, this cave must have been inh...