Guglionesi at the beginning of the 19th century.

Vintage photo.

Guglionesi (Campobassan dialect: Uinìš) is a small town in Molise, Southern Italy, about 50 kilometers’ distance from Campobasso. Molise is a region of Southern Italy, the second smallest of the regions Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Campobasso (Campobassan Dialect Kambuàš) is the capital city of the Molise region in Italy. The municipality of Guglionesi had a population of 5,272 inhabitants accordingly to the results of the recent national census. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The town lies on Kmq. 100. 73 and approximately 369 meters above sea level.

History

The historical origins of Guglionesi go back to the 4th century BC. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini / Common era) was that Century In ancient times, the name was Uscosium or Usconium and together with Pescara, Ortona, Lanciano, Vasto and Larino was one of the most important centers of the Frentani, a region inhabited from allied Italic people of the Samnites. "Ancient" redirects here For other uses see Ancient_(disambiguation. The Frentani ( Greek:, Strabo, Ptolemy;, Pol, Dionys were an ancient people of central Italy, occupying the tract on the east The article is about the geographic sense of the term For other uses including Regions and Regional, see Region (disambiguation.

Thanks to its strategic position along the Via Frentana-Traiana, Usconium became, towards the end of the Republican Era, a Municipium, and according to historical documents, had nearly 25,000 inhabitants.

At the center of Usconium, between Monte Antico and Monte Capraro there was Pagus Of Collis Nisii or Collenisyus (Hill of Bacchus) where the escaped from Usconium were sheltered after its destruction by the Goths. In Classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos (in Greek, Διόνυσος or Διώνυσος; associated with Roman The Goths ( Gothic: Gothic usvg|14px|u]]Gothic asvg|14px|a]]Gothic s

In the 412 AD Colleniso became New Usconium and was encircled by protection walls in the period of Longobardo. Events By Place Western Roman Empire The Visigoths move into the south of Gaul, led by Alaric After that, the most important fortification was raised in the Ninth Century, when Robert Guiscard took hold of the city. A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred is One hundred consecutive Years Centuries are numbered ordinally (e Robert Guiscard (from Latin Viscardus and Old French Viscart, often rendered the Resourceful, the Cunning, the Wily In that period eighteen watchtowers and two castles were erected. A watchtower is a type of Fortification used in many parts of the world The first castle was located along Via Capitano Verri, where its ruins can still be seen today. The second castle is in Castellara. A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. After the destruction of the second castle, upon what was left of the castle foundations, the Convent of the Cappuccini was constructed. A convent is a community of Priests religious brothers religious sisters or Nuns or the building used by the community particularly in the Roman Catholic Church

In the 801 AD Colleniso was submitted to the Duke of Spoleto, and endured various incursions from part of Saracen raiders. Events By Place Europe December 28 — Louis the Pious occupies Barcelona. The dukes of Spoleto were rulers of Spoleto and most of Central Italy outside the Papal States during the Early and High Middle Ages Saracen was a term used by Europeans in the Middle Ages for Fatimids at first then later for all who professed the religion of Islam. In the 1137 A.D. it endured the pillage from Emperor Lothair II. Lothair III of Supplinburg (1075 &ndash 1137 was Duke of Saxony (1106 King of Germany (1125 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137 In the 1315 King Robert of Anjou gave Collenisio to his brother Peter, Count of Gravina, and at his death, his daughter Agnese inherited the city. Robert of Anjou, known as Robert the Wise (Roberto il Saggio 1277 – 20 January, 1343) was King of Naples from 1309 to 1343 A count is a Nobleman in European countries The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin In 1340 she founded the Certosa of Saint Giovanni Batiste, also known as Porta Del Paradiso (The Heaven’s door) and as The Heremo of Saint John. This was the time in which numerous invasions occurred to the city, and in the mean time the city’s name was changed from Colleniso to Guillonisi. An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all or large parts of the Armed forces of one geopolitical entity aggressively entering territory

In 1496 after the death of René of Anjou, his cousin Charles VIII of France descended to Italy with a large army and conquered Naples. René of Anjou ( January 16, 1409 &ndash July 10, 1480) also known as René I of Naples and Good King René ( French Charles VIII, called the Affable (l'Affable 30 June 1470 &ndash 7 April 1498 was King of France from 1483 to his death Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the The French entered Guillonisi and plundered the entire village, demolished the two castles and the towers and killed most of the people. Another particularly invasion occurred in the 16th century by the Turks, who set afire, among the other things, the church of Saint Maria Maggiore, and consequently the relics of St. Adam housed in the church were destroyed and lost. Saint Adamo Abate was a famous Benedictine Abbot, he was a promoter of the unification of the Southern populations in Italy under Ruggero II

Sister cities

Herzeg Novi (Italian: Castelnuovo)

Sources

• Guglionesi
• Towns, Provinces and Regions

External links

• Guglionesi On The Web (In Italian)