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Il Lago di Castel San Vincenzo e l'antica Terra ... - Regione Molise

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da qualche anno è<br />

attiva un’associazione<br />

sportiva che<br />

valorizza il territorio,<br />

coniugandovi la<br />

passione per il cavallo<br />

e per il trekking a<br />

cavallo.<br />

Le “mura delle fate”<br />

Le fortificazioni sannitiche<br />

<strong>di</strong> Monte <strong>San</strong><br />

Paolo, secondo<br />

l’ipotesi più<br />

accre<strong>di</strong>tata,<br />

apparterrebbero alla<br />

città sannita <strong>di</strong><br />

Aquilonia, nota nella<br />

letteratura romana<br />

antica ma non ancora<br />

localizzata con<br />

certezza sul territorio.<br />

Monte <strong>San</strong> Paolo si<br />

trova sulla strada che<br />

da Isernia conduce<br />

fino a Sora, sul Liri, il<br />

fiume che segnò<br />

inizialmente (354<br />

a.C.) il confine delle<br />

aree <strong>di</strong> influenza tra<br />

Roma (a nord) e il<br />

<strong>San</strong>nio (a sud). Le<br />

mura delle fate, come<br />

sono state chiamate<br />

dall’archeologo<br />

Michele Rad<strong>di</strong>, che<br />

Pubblicazione su<br />

Aquilonia (Pro Loco)<br />

per primo le ha<br />

in<strong>di</strong>viduate sulla<br />

vetta del monte, sono<br />

imponenti e lunghe<br />

all’incirca sei<br />

chilometri, e si collocano<br />

a protezione <strong>di</strong><br />

circa 220 ettari <strong>di</strong> territorio.<br />

Volturno Valley<br />

Cross-Roads<br />

Colli a Volturno stands<br />

in the middle of the<br />

important roads of the<br />

S.S. 158 and S.S. 85<br />

towards Rome, Naples<br />

and Pescara. On Mount<br />

S. Paolo there are<br />

remains of megalithic<br />

walls some<br />

Cinta muraria <strong>di</strong> Monte S. Paolo. (da M. Rad<strong>di</strong>)<br />

Colli a Volturno - 75<br />

chilometres long.<br />

Probably Colli is the<br />

ancient Aquilonia of the<br />

Samnites. Its development<br />

is linked to S.<br />

<strong>Vincenzo</strong> al Volturno<br />

Abbey (about the X<br />

century). The centre<br />

was feud of Pandone<br />

family during the XV<br />

century; in the XVII<br />

century it was of<br />

Carmignano family,<br />

whereas in the XIX century<br />

Colli began<br />

Capoluogo <strong>di</strong> Governo<br />

inclu<strong>di</strong>ng Pizzone,<br />

Scapoli, Rocchetta,<br />

Cerro, <strong>Castel</strong>lone and<br />

<strong>San</strong> <strong>Vincenzo</strong>. Here S.<br />

Leonardo Church and S.<br />

Maria Assunta Church<br />

can be seen. Besides you<br />

can see Mount S.<br />

Angelo necropolis and<br />

Rad<strong>di</strong> old Mulino and<br />

you can walk along<br />

Mount S. Paolo paths<br />

or along Volturno River<br />

banks. Worth to sportsmen<br />

you can find a<br />

comunal sports plant.<br />

The ”legendary” city<br />

of Aquilonia<br />

Samnitic fortifications<br />

on Mount <strong>San</strong> Paolo<br />

should probably belong<br />

to the ancient city of<br />

Aquilonia. Mount <strong>San</strong><br />

Paolo stands out on the<br />

River Liri that marked<br />

the border between the<br />

Roman and Samnite<br />

territories. The “Fairy<br />

Walls” are huge and 6<br />

Km long. They were<br />

erected in defence of<br />

around 220 ha of land.

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