Progetto di rete "LA CLIL in un CLICK" - IC Cercemaggiore - classe 3^ secondaria I grado

1. PESCOLANCIANO
CHIAUCI
CIVITANOVA
FROSOLONE
ROCCASICURA
MIRANDA
SESSANO DEL MOLISE

2. PESCOLANCIANO
The name Pescolanciano
comes from “Pesclum
Lanzanum” that
indicated the rock
(Pesclum) and his
Norman lord (Lanz)

3. THE CASTLE
The castle is situated on
a fortificated “Sannitico”
site.
Some historical
documents show the
presence of a castle since
the time of Alboino,
king of Longobard.

4. When Federico II
arrived in
Pescolanciano, the
land was owned by a
feudal lord , Ruggiero
of Peschio – Langiano

5. Ruggiero was ordered
by the King Federico
II to defeated the
family Caldora of
Carpinone , to destroy
their castle and to
besiege the land and
the other enemies
with military force.

6. CHIAUCI
Chiauci has ancient
origins.
You have to back to the
Norman age to find the
origins of this little
town.

7. It was called Clàvicia and
its feudatory was Oderisio
de Rigo Nigro.

8. During the kingdom of Carlo
d' Angiò Chiauci was owned
by the family “Bucca” then it
passed to the “Bosco” and to
the “Montagano” and then to
“Ferrante de Capua” whose
daughters, after its untimely
death, ceded it to the
“Sanfelice” in the first decade
of the 16th century
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9. CIVITANOVA
The name of Civitanova has
been attributed in the Middle
Ages to distinguish it from an
earlier settlement which
stood near , Civitavetula or
Civitavecchia , now renamed
Duronia

10. The first information about
Civitanova go back to the
11th century when the Count
of Isernia Beraldo wanted to
build A Benedectine
monastery in his territory.
After a series of owners
(from the Angevin time to
the beginning of the 17°
century) Civitanova was sold
by auction and bought by
the Dukes of Pescolanciano.

11. FROSOLONE
In pre-Roman time it was
inhabited by Oscan-Samnite
populations.
Some historians want
Frosolone to be identical to
“Fresilia”, the Samnite town
conquered by The Roman
dictator Marco Valerio
Massimo in the year 303 b.C.

12. In Victoria Square there is a
seventeen-century cross-stone
with two medieval lions that
once decorated the ancient
portal of parish Church..
A sumptuos Renaissance
residence has replaced tha
ancient medieval castle, while
the historical centre has still
got the medieval model «a
baionetta»

13. ROCCASICURA
Before Romans
Roccasicura was the
land of the Samnites
Pentri.
Ancient Samnites,
Pentri, Romans and
Lombards ahave left
traces of their
civilization, especially in
the area Vandra
(Lombard word
meaning "border«).

14. Roccasicura was situated
on the slopes of the valley
of the rivers and Vandra
Bad weather in Italy:
ancient Samnites, Pentri,
Romans and Lombards also
have left traces of their
civilization, especially in
the area Vandra (Lombard
word meaning "border")
appear remains of convents
cells

15. The name of the village
comes probably from
the impregnability of
the castle (destroyed by
the hearthquake in 1732)
once overlooking the
builtup area.
After varoius overlords,
the family d’Evoli owned
Roccasicura till the
feudalism abolition.

16. MIRANDA
In the Longobard time the
present territory had
belonged to the County of
Isernia, while during the
Norman and
Swabiandomination it
belonged to the County of
Molise..

17. The firs informations go
back to the Angiovin time,
when it was given to the
overlords: Carlo II d’Angiò,
Giovanni de Giussa and, at
equal share, to Andrea
d’Isernia.
After the following of other
overlords, the last owners
were the family Dei Medici
in the 19th century.

18. SESSANO DEL
MOLISE
Founded in the Norman
time, the original
community tooks the name
of Saxana, probably
because of the rocky nature
of the soil.
It belonged to Isnardo
Giso who was stripped by
Charles I d’Angiò in 1279.