Isernia Cathedral

Isernia Cathedral was built on the remains of an ancient Italian pagan temple dating back to the 2nd century BC. Its present appearance is the result of numerous interventions carried out either after the numerous earthquakes or as a result of projects to restructure the building. Its present appearance is the result of the neoclassical restoration carried out on the orders of Bishop Gennaro Saladino in the second half of the 19th century.

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Venafro Cathedral

The cathedral of Venafro was rebuilt in the second half of the 11th century by Bishop Pietro of Ravenna. The building also experienced a tumultuous life: it was stripped of all its possessions by the troops of Frederick II (1220-1250), was damaged by earthquakes in 1349 and 1456, was burnt down on the orders of Emperor Ludwig and had to accommodate the troops of Charles VIII in 1495. Between the end of the 17th century and throughout the 18th century, the church was embellished in the Baroque style. However, its present appearance is the result of restoration work carried out in the 1960s and 1970s, which stripped the co-cathedral of its old Baroque forms and returned it to its previous medieval-Gothic appearance.

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Alife Cathedral

The Cathedral of Alife was built by the Norman Count Ranulf II of Alife between 1127 and 1135, incorporating an earlier religious structure, with a north-south orientation. Over the centuries it was rebuilt several times, mainly in 1450 by Bishop Moretta and, above all, following the earthquake of 5 June 1688. After the damage caused by the earthquake of 1805, the façade was rebuilt (1820). The bell tower of the Cathedral suffered some damage in the earthquake of 29 December 2013.

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Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate

The church of Sant'Antonio Abate was built in 1572 on the remains of a pre-existing church of modest dimensions. It is the most representative monument of Baroque art in Campobasso. The interior has a single nave with a magnificent marble high altar made in 1748. On the side walls there are four altars carved in wood and covered with pure gold.