Set on a promontory surrounded on three sides by steep cliffs, among hills rich in forests, pastures and small lakes, in a landscape of carbonate rocks with bizarre and surprising shapes, stands the ancient village of Frosolone. The first fortified nucleus, of which substantial strips of megalithic walls remain in the locality of Civitelle, was erected, in pre-Roman times, not far from the present town. Strolling through the alleys of the historic center of this small town in Molise, which still preserve the intricate medieval urban layout, it is possible to grasp among the remarkable architecture of the Baronial Palace, with its Renaissance loggia, and the beautiful Baroque church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, which preserves two important canvases by Giacinto Diana, the highest expressions of a small, tenacious and hard-working community that was able to rise with pride from the terrible earthquake of 1805. Since the earliest times, Frosolone has also been famous for its artisanal and artistic steel working, a tradition preserved and enhanced in the Museum of Cutting Irons, as well as in the small family workshops where the traditional practice of forging has been handed down for centuries.
Source: Frosolone (IS)
