Sepino

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

Pauljohnbosco (Wikipedia user)Sepino rooftopsPublic domain
Giulio LastoriaAltilia - il Teatro CC BY-SA 3.0
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Gianfranco Vitolo from Sarno (Sa), ItaliaSepino (24082143924)CC BY-SA 2.0
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Below Sepino lie the ruins of Saepinum, a Roman town on the sheep track from Pescasseroli to Candela, where shepherds lived among the old walls and flocks still walked the main street in the 1950s. The present village grew up on a wooded hill at 698 metres in the Matese foothills after the Roman town was abandoned. Its main church, Santa Cristina, has an onion-shaped spire in Neapolitan style.

Highlights

The archaeological site of Saepinum at Altilia, with its forum and theatre
Porta Bojano, a Roman gate carved with two captive Germans
Farmhouses built into the curve of the Roman theatre
Santa Cristina's 1570 crypt and the Carafa treasury chapel
The convent of the Santissima Trinità at Petrilli

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Sepino (IT), Sepino (EN)), Wikivoyage (Sepino). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 1,798

Things to see

Museo della città e del territorio di Sepino (IT)
Roman Theatre of Saepinum (IT)
Valle del Tammaro (IT)

Events through the year

Winter feast of Saint Christina Religious · 8 to 10 JanuaryMarks the relics' arrival in 1099; bells rung by hand all night
Feast of Saint Christina Religious · 23 to 24 JulyRemembers the saint's martyrdom, also celebrated in twin town Bolsena
Emigrant's festival Seasonal · 25 JulyHeld for over 100 years, the first in Molise
Bufù playing on New Year's Eve Seasonal · New Year's EveGoatskin friction drums made from barrels give a loud deep sound

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Sepino). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Specialities of Molise

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

Guillaume Flambeau Von UslarNoto, Cavatelli pomodoro ricotta salata (cropped)CC BY 2.0
CavatelliBread and pastaFresh eggless pasta, with pork ragù on Saint Anthony's day
NnaluciFusilli lunghi bucati CC BY-SA 3.0
FusilliBread and pasta
Molise olive oilOlive oil
Caciocavallo di AgnoneCheese
Soppressata del MoliseCured meat
Ventricina di Montenero di BisacciaCured meat

Adapted from Wikipedia (Cucina molisana). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to sleep

1 place to stay within 3 km

B&Bs and guest houses 1

Thermal baths nearby

Thermal spa: Centro Benessere · ~1 h 02 by car

Nearby member villages

Cusano Mutri · 11 km
Oratino · 21 km
Frosolone · 26 km
Montesarchio · 37 km
Roseto Valfortore · 40 km