The comune has existed since 1928, when two villages, Castellone al Volturno and San Vincenzo al Volturno, were merged into one. The seam still shows: two main squares, two churches, two war memorials, one for each. Below, the reservoir dug in the late 1950s for hydroelectric power has settled into the landscape so well it looks natural.
The territory holds the abbey of San Vincenzo al Volturno, founded by three Lombard nobles and within decades one of the richest in Europe, until in 881 an Arab-Berber raiding party sacked it: the surviving monks came back only after 914. Since 1990 the 545 residents have lived inside the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise national park.
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📅 Every year, on 11 November
Castel San Vincenzo celebrates Saint Martin on 11 November; in its church a large canvas depicts the Virgin of the Assumption between Saint Martin and Saint Vincent the Martyr, while not far away stand the remains of the famous abbey of San Vincenzo al Volturno.
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Outside Castel San Vincenzo, but an easy day trip away.
