Pietrabbondante

Pietrabbondante
Country	Italy
region	Molise
province	Isernia  (IS)
Coordinates	41 ° 45 '  N , 14 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 44 '34 "  N , 14 ° 23' 0"  E
height	1027  m slm
surface	27.33 km²
Residents	664 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	24 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	86085
prefix	0865
ISTAT number	094035
Popular name	Pietrabbondantesi
Patron saint	San Vincenzo Ferreri (August 5th)
Website	Pietrabbondante
Panorama of Pietrabbondante

Pietrabbondante is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 664 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Isernia in Molise .

geography

The municipality is located about 20.5 kilometers northeast of Isernia . In the northeast, the Verrino delimits the municipality.

The neighboring municipalities are Agnone , Castelverrino , Chiauci , Civitanova del Sannio , Pescolanciano and Poggio Sannita .

history

Remains make it clear that the historical site was a political and cultural center of the Samnite Caraceans in the 2nd century BC. Was. At this time, among other things, theaters were built, presumably because this location was considered a meeting place for Samnites from all directions. In contrast to many other cities in southern Italy, Pietrabbondante was not urbanized by the Romans, who therefore called the city Bovianum vetus (the old Bovianum).

The ancient theater of Pietrabbondante

Web links

Commons : Pietrabbondante  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ Christian Hülsen : Bovianum 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 1, Stuttgart 1897, Col. 797 f.