Campobasso

Campobasso
City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 46,860), Italy.

Located northeast of Naples, it is the capital of Molise autonomous region. The old hill town was abandoned in 1732 when its inhabitants built a new town on a lower fertile plain. The old town still has a medieval castle and Romanesque churches; the new town has an archaeological museum.

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      city, capital of Molise regione (region), south-central Italy, northeast of Naples. The old town on a hill was abandoned in 1732 by its inhabitants, who built a new town on a lower fertile plain. The Castello Monforte (1459) with six towers of the medieval walls remains in the old town, which also has the Romanesque churches of San Bartolomeo and San Giorgio. The neoclassical cathedral and an archaeological museum with relics of the Samnites, Frentani, and Campani (ancient Italic peoples) are in the new town. Agricultural products include the celebrated pears, which ripen in winter, and scamorze (semihard) cheeses. The making of cutlery, long a specialty, has dwindled, but paving tiles and soap are manufactured. Pop. (2004 est.) 51,629.

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