Campodipietra is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) 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 ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

region

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 ...

, located about east of

Campobasso Campobasso (, ; nap, label= Campobassan, Cambuàsce ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sann ...

. It was built on a rocky spur around the church of San Martino, which rises in the place of the ancient barons' castle, by a colony of German soldiers in the 13th century. The original borough was surrounded by walls, where only three doors opened. There is another smaller church, San Bonaventura, connected to a peculiar story: the inhabitants gathered there in 1705 to vote which should be their patron saint between San Bernardino from Siena and San Martino, and the latter was chosen. Campodipietra borders the following municipalities:

, Ferrazzano, Gildone,

Jelsi Jelsi (or Jevze in local Molisan dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about southeast of Campobasso. Jelsi borders the following municipalities: Campodipietra, Cercemaggiore ...

San Giovanni in Galdo San Giovanni in Galdo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region of Molise, located about east of Campobasso. San Giovanni in Galdo borders the following municipalities: Campobasso, Campodipietra, Campo ...

, Toro.

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Molise {{Molise-geo-stub