Scapoli is a town and ''
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 ...
'' located in province of
Isernia
Isernia () or, in Pliny and later writers, ''Eserninus'', or in the Antonine Itinerary, ''Serni''. is a town and ''comune'' in the southern Italian region of Molise, and the capital of province of Isernia.
Geography
Situated on a rocky crest ri ...
, which is part of the region of
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 ...
, southern
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
. As of 2011 it had a population of 758.
Geography
Located in the western area of the province, near the region of
Lazio
it, Laziale
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, it borders with the municipalities of
Colli a Volturno
Colli a Volturno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about west of Campobasso and about west of Isernia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,377 and an area of .All demograp ...
,
Filignano
Filignano is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) of the Province of Isernia, in the region Molise.
History
The village was first mentioned in 962 and elevated to autonomous municipality in 1840, when it was separated from Pozzilli.
Geography
Fi ...
and
Rocchetta a Volturno
Rocchetta a Volturno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about west of Campobasso and about west of Isernia.
Rocchetta a Volturno borders the following municipalities: Castel San Vince ...
. It is connected to the nearby municipality of
Vallerotonda
Vallerotonda (locally ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the region of Lazio in central Italy, in the province of Frosinone. The commune is situated on the Apennine Mountains and forms part of the Comino Valley.
Geography
The area is his ...
(
Province of Frosinone
The Province of Frosinone ( it, Provincia di Frosinone) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy, with 91 ''comuni'' (singular: ''comune''; see Comuni of the Province of Frosinone). Its capital is the city of Frosinone. It has an area of ...
, Lazio), by the national road via
Cerasuolo, below the
Mainarde
The Monti delle Mainarde, also known just as Le Mainarde, is a range of calcareous mountains on the border between the regions of Lazio and Molise in southern central Italy. It is the southern extension of the Monti della Meta. The highest peak ...
mountains.
Scapoli counts the hamlets (''
frazioni
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 Italy (1922–1943), Fascist era (1922–1943) as ...
'') of Acquaviva, Cannine, Cerratino, Collalto, Collematteo, Fontecostanza, Fonte La Villa, Padulo, Pantano, Parrucce, Ponte, Prato, Santa Caterina, Sodalarga, Vaglie and Vicenne.
Culture
It is notable for
its bagpipes museum and for the international
bagpipe
Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, Nor ...
festival which, each year in the month of July, attracts pipers from around the world to come and perform in Scapoli.
Demographics
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References
External links
Scapoli official website Il Museo della Zampogna(Bagpipe Museum)
(Italy World Club)
(Italia Indettaglio)
(Information about
Zampogna
Zampogna (, , ) is a generic term for a number of Italian double chantered bagpipe that can be found as far north as the southern part of the Marche, throughout areas in Abruzzo, Latium, Molise, Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, Apulia and Sicily. Th ...
)
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