Città dell'Olio
Città dell'Olio in Molise
9 towns
Molise has 9 Città dell'Olio communes in our index. They cluster in the Campobasso and Isernia provinces.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Fornelli, Termoli, and Venafro. 6 more towns carry the mark alongside them.
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.
Termoli
Province: Campobasso · 15 m
Molise's only port, a walled promontory of fishermen's houses on the Adriatic with a Frederick II castle and the ferry pier for the Tremiti islands.
Venafro
Province: Isernia · 222 m
A 222-meter town near the Lazio border where Augustus founded a colony and Pliny called the olive oil the best in the Roman Empire.
Ferrazzano
Province: Campobasso · 872 m
A hilltop borgo at 872 meters above Campobasso, called the Sentinel of Molise, where Robert De Niro's great-grandparents lived before sailing in 1887.
Guardialfiera
Province: Campobasso · 285 m
A hilltop village at 285 meters above the largest artificial lake in Molise, the home ground of the writer Francesco Jovine.
Guglionesi
Province: Campobasso · 369 m
A 369-meter hill town between the Biferno and Trigno valleys, founded by the Frentani in the fifth century BC and looking out toward the Adriatic.
Larino
Province: Campobasso · 341 m
A 341-meter Frentani and Roman town in the lower Biferno valley, with a 12,000-seat amphitheatre and a Gothic cathedral consecrated in 1319.
Petacciato
Province: Campobasso · 225 m
A hilltop village at 225 meters on the Adriatic, with a Romanesque church in tuff and sandstone and a long sand beach below.
Roccavivara
Province: Campobasso · 652 m
A 652-meter village above the Trigno river valley, home to the Romanesque Santuario della Madonna del Canneto with its 1223 ambone and 14th-century gothic Madonna del Sorriso.
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Pistoia
Province: Pistoia
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Tropea
Province: Vibo Valentia
Cliff town on a tufa headland over the Tyrrhenian Coast of the Gods, with a Norman monastery on a sea rock.
Caldes
Province: Trento
A scattered Val di Sole commune on the Noce, six hamlets gathered around a thirteenth-century tower-house castle that once belonged to the Thun family.
Cantiano
Province: Pesaro e Urbino
A border borgo at 374 meters under Monte Catria on the old Via Flaminia, known for the Good Friday Turba and the sour-cherry visciola harvest.