The village was called Pettorano, and del Molise was tacked on to keep it apart from the Pettorano on the Gizio. In the autumn of 1860, as the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies came apart, the battle that still carries the old name was fought here.
Up at the top, the remains of the castle survive inside the baronial palace known as delle Riporse: one cylindrical tower swallowed by the walls, another higher up with a small window, made for watching the distance. The church of Santa Maria Assunta is the neoclassical rebuild that followed the earthquake of 1805. The population is 459.
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📅 Every year, on 20 January
On 20 January Pettoranello del Molise, a municipality of 459 inhabitants in the province of Isernia, celebrates its patron Saint Sebastian, to whom a church in the town is dedicated.
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Outside Pettoranello del Molise, but an easy day trip away.
