San Giorgio

Molise


Built over the ruins of a pagan temple, and with a history that stretches back a millennium, St George's is probably Campobasso's oldest church. Fifteenth-century frescoes decorate the walls.


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Nearby Molise attractions

1. San Bartolomeo

0.03 MILES

This classic Romanesque church in Campobasso dates to the 13th century.

2. Museo Sannitico

0.1 MILES

Samnite ceramics found in Castello Monforte are now on show at the small Museo Sannitico, along with weapons, armour and sculptures from local…

3. Castello Monforte

0.11 MILES

At the top of a steep tree-lined avenue sits this squat, quadrangular tower, much of which was built in the 15th and 16th centuries after the original…

4. Saepinum

9.04 MILES

One of Molise’s hidden treasures, the Roman ruins of Saepinum are among the best preserved and least visited in the country. Unlike Pompeii and Ostia…

5. Museo della Città e del Territorio

9.07 MILES

Housed in converted farm buildings above Saepinum's Roman theatre, this small museum displays artefacts unearthed from the site and surrounding territory.

6. Samnite Theatre-Temple Complex

18.53 MILES

About 30km northeast of Isernia, outside Pietrabbondante, the remains of a 3rd-century-BC Samnite theatre-temple complex reward a visit, as much as…

7. Museo Paleolitico di Isernia

21.68 MILES

Built around the adjacent 730,000-year-old archaeological site of La Pineta, this intriguing museum stands next to a pavilion that protects the site of…

8. Museo Civico Isernia

22.28 MILES

World War II doesn’t get a lot of coverage in Italy, which makes this small museum chronicling the events of 10 September 1943, when Isernia was heavily…

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