At Macchiagodena there is a small square where books sit out, free, for anyone who wants to read them; and whoever gives one to the town library earns a holiday. Since 2016 the village has been the national seat of the Borghi della lettura.
The castrum was founded in 964 by the counts of Isernia, Pandolfo and Landolfo, under the name Maccla de Godino. The castle, on top of the cliff, has two battered towers and a corridor down to the cellars, where prisoners were once tortured; at the entrance to the church of San Lorenzo stands a medieval cross with Christ, the Virgin and the deacon Lawrence holding his gridiron. The 1,844 residents live among the woods.
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📅 Every year, on the third Sunday of May
Macchiagodena celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on the third Sunday of May, in his parish church between late Baroque and Neoclassical style; the great 1805 Molise earthquake destroyed the town's main churches, later rebuilt.
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Outside Macchiagodena, but an easy day trip away.
