Venafro is the gateway to Molise, but it has only belonged to the region since 1863: before that it was in Terra di Lavoro, that is in Campania, and the local speech still remembers it.
Augustus made it the colony of Augusta Julia Venafrum and gave it an aqueduct, the Rivus Venafranus, which carried the water of the Volturno here from Rocchetta; the Roman layout, with cardo and decumanus, can still be read in the streets. The medieval town lies higher up, climbing the mountain, with the Pandone castle at the top and the cathedral outside the walls. The 11,236 residents live in the plain where the Volturno and the San Bartolomeo rise, beside the French military cemetery.
concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta · Museo archeologico di Venafro · Museo nazionale di Castello Pandone and 3 more
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📅 Every year, on 16, 17 and 18 June
On 16, 17 and 18 June Venafro celebrates its martyrs: two Roman soldiers stationed in the town and the wife of one of them, sentenced to death in 303 for refusing to renounce their faith.
concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta Locals call the bas-relief Marzo Settecappotti; the church behind it was rebuilt more than once. 
Museo archeologico di Venafro The Venus of Venafro came to light in 1958 during ordinary farm work. 
Museo nazionale di Castello Pandone A count had every room of his upper floor painted with the stallions he bred. 
Castello Pandone Three towers instead of four, and Count Enrico Pandone's horses painted on the walls 
basilica di San Nicandro Behind the walled-up altar stood the sarcophagus; below it, the crypt of the santa manna. 
chiesa dell'Annunziata A façade built from Roman theatre stone, and the tallest bell tower in Venafro Straight-line distances from the town centre. Tap a point to open its page.
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Outside Venafro, but an easy day trip away.
