Campitello Matese is an Italian civil parish (''

frazione A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...

'') and

ski resort A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports. In Europe, most ski resorts are towns or villages in or adjacent to a ski area – a mountainous area with pistes (ski trails) and a ski lift system. In North ...

, part of the municipality of

San Massimo San Massimo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about southwest of Campobasso, comprising . As of 2017, San Massimo has a population of 754. Etymology San Massimo is named for Saint ...

in the

province of Campobasso A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

Molise Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...

region.

History

Still 1960s Campitello had only a building used as

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for

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s. In the 1970s it started the realization of the first plants to transform it in a ski resort.

Geography

Campitello lies nearby Miletto mountain, part of the

Matese The Matese (Italian: Monti del Matese or Massiccio del Matese) is a chain of mountains in southern Apennines, southern Italy. Geography The Matese mountains straddle two regions (Molise and Campania) and four provinces (Campobasso, Isernia, Ben ...

mountain range, close to the borders of Molise with

Campania Campania (, also , , , ) is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the i ...

. Nearest municipalities are San Massimo,

Bojano Bojano or Boiano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Campobasso, Molise, south-central Italy. History Originally named Bovianum, it was settled by the 7th century BC. As the capital of the Pentri, a tribe of the Samnites, it played a maj ...

Cantalupo nel Sannio Cantalupo nel Sannio is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Isernia, in the Molise region of southern Italy. History The town was known simply as Cantalupo until February 4, 1864, when the denomination ''nel Sannio'' was added in order to di ...

and San Gregorio Matese ( CE, at the southeast side of the mountains.

Tourism and sport

As ski area, Campitello is strongly receptive for

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, especially during

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. The resort has got 2

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s and 7 ski plants for a total length of 40 km Info on discovermolise.com
Campitello Matese is a location known to cycling fans for being several times during the coming stage of the Giro d'Italia: the first in 1969, the last in 2002. The characteristics of the ascent from San Massimo Campitello (13.5 miles long and 850 m in altitude, average slope of 6.4%) make it one of the most challenging uphill finishes of the Apennines.

References

External links

Campitello Matese network

Campitello Matese ScpA
{{authority control Frazioni of the Province of Campobasso Ski areas and resorts in Italy

History

Geography

Tourism and sport

See also

References

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