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Giardino della Flora Appenninica a Capracotta
Molise
The Botanical Garden of Capracotta belongs to a network of 76 structures, 31 are managed by the Universities and 45 by other entities, which are part of the Italian Botanical Society. Established in 1963, realized by Paolo Pizzolongo on the idea of Valerio Giacomini, the Garden of the Apennine Flora of Capracotta is located at an altitude of 1525 m above sea level, it is among the highest in Italy.
Culture and Art
Protected natural areas
Haj Nehaj Fortress
Montenegro
85000 Bar
We find the oldest mention in Venetian documents and it dates from 1542. An engraving of Bar from 1550. shows Nehaj under the inscription "Nechagi...
History and tradition
Coastal natural heritage
Remains of the Monastery of the Mother of God of Ratac
Montenegro
85000 Bar
There is no written information about the time of establishment. It was first mentioned in documents in 1247., but it is certainly much older. Its fou...
Religious sites
Geological sites
History and tradition
Rural settlement Godinje
Montenegro
81305 Virpazar, Bar
The village is connected to the 10th century by Prince Vladimir of Duklja, who loved to stay in this area, and that is how got its name (in Montenegri...
Villages and old cities
Protected natural areas
Lakes and rivers
Island Beska with Monastery
Montenegro
85000 Bar
The second group of Balsic's mausoleums is located on the elongated island of Beska. Both churches on Beska are picturesque. In St. George is not ...
Religious sites
Protected natural areas
Lakes and rivers
Moracnik Monastery
Montenegro
85000 Bar
Moracnik is the last island in a series of islands of the Skadar Lake towards Albania, with Balsic's endowments. The Church of the Mother of God i...
Religious sites
Protected natural areas
Lakes and rivers
Old Olive Tree
Montenegro
85000 Mirovica, Bar
It is the symbol of Bar, and the oldest tree in Europe, that has been proven to live for 2,240 years. It is launched the traditional manifestation ...
Protected natural areas
History and tradition
Pozzo della Neve a Guardiaregia
Molise
The Matese Massif is a mountainous complex of karstic origin, here the water over the millennia has carved a system of caves of incredible beauty that from the speleological point of view represents one of the most important hypogeal sites of the southern Apennines. The abyss Pozzo della Neve is located in the beechwood of Costa del Carpine, in the locality of Tornieri, inside the WWF Oasis of Guardiaregia-Campochiaro.
The site, of considerable interest and high environmental value, is located within the protected area SIC-ZPS largest region of Molise.
Geological sites
Villages and old cities
Circhi glaciali a Monte Miletto
Molise
he Glacial circles of Monte Miletto are semicircular or semi-elliptical depressions, the result of the glacier that, advancing, digs the rock in front of it. They are dominated upstream by steep rocky walls and partially barred downstream by a threshold (Sella) from which a glacial tongue often departs. On the northern side of Colle Tamburo there are several glacial cirques, which are united by the name of "Circhi Glaciali dell'Aquilania", this area is well observable from the road that connects Cantalupo del Sannio and Roccamandolfi.
Protected natural areas
Geological sites
Smekja Palace
Montenegro
85336 Perast, Kotor
In the central part of Perast, on the coast, next to the church and the Square of St. Mark is a spacious palace Smekja (in the popular pronunciation &...
Architecture
History and tradition
Culture and Art
UNESCO heritage
Castello Normanno-Svevo
Puglia
The imposing military architecture of Barletta Castle inspires wonder at every glance. Today it is an important cultural venue and also houses the Municipal Museum.
Architecture
Cavità artificiali a Macchiavalfortore
Molise
In the municipality of Macchia Valfortore, a hill town located in the valley of Fortore in the province of Campobasso, at about 477 m above sea level, there is a considerable number of artificial hypogeal sites dug in the outcrops of sandstone and Pliocene sands.
Geological sites
Villages and old cities
Canyon del Quirino
Molise
The gorge of the Quirino Torrent is a geological site located within the area "Matese-Conca di Boiano-Sepino" and it is part of the largest SCI-ZPS protected area in the Molise region called "La Gallinola-M.Miletto, Monti del Matese". This area of remarkable landscape and naturalistic interest is inside the WWF Oasis of Guardiaregia-Campochiaro (established in 1997)
Geological sites
Santa Maria Altopede Longano
Molise
Just outside the village of Longano, immersed in the bush, is the ancient rock church of Santa Maria di Altopiede. Its construction is prior to the fourteenth century, you have knowledge documented since 1309. It consists of a cave preceded by a masonry avancorpo, in which opens the portal in stone worked, while on the back wall of the cavity were obtained two niches of different sizes.
Geological sites
Protected natural areas
Architecture
Kanli kula Fortress
Montenegro
85340 Herceg Novi
Kanli-kula is first mentioned in written documents in the middle of the 17th century by the Turkish travel writer Evliya Celebi. Kanli-kula, means ...
Villages and old cities
Architecture
History and tradition
Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
Puglia
The Galleria Provinciale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Provincial Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art) in Foggia offers an impressive collection of the artwork of the area in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Culture and Art
Old town Ulcinj
Montenegro
85 360 Ulcinj
The Old Town Ulcinj is located in the extreme south of the Montenegrin coast, situated on the slope of a larger, limestone rock that slopes obliquely ...
Villages and old cities
Coastal natural heritage
Culture and Art
Church - Mosque Museum
Montenegro
85 360 Old Town Ulcinj, Ulcinj
Near the northern gate of the Old Town of Ulcinj, on a small closed square, next to the town fortress, there is a partially preserved originally built...
History and tradition
Culture and Art
Religious sites
Ulcinj Salina
Montenegro
85 360 Ulcinj
Ulcinj Salina is a semi-natural wetland which belongs to the group of the largest salt pans in the Mediterranean. The Ulcinj saltworks is the most exc...
Protected natural areas
Coastal natural heritage
Besac Fortress
Montenegro
81305 Virpazar, Bar
It is known that the Turks built it very early, immediately after the fall of Donja Zeta, in 1478. In the Montenegrin wars from the end of the 17th a...
Architecture
Culture and Art
Protected natural areas