GuglionesiComune in Molise, ItalyGuglionesi

Ujuniše / Uiniše  (Neapolitan)ComuneComune di Guglionesi

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(Molise)Show map of MoliseCoordinates: 41°55′N 14°55′E / 41.917°N 14.917°E /
41.917; 14.917Coordinates: 41°55′N 14°55′E / 41.917°N 14.917°E / 41.917;
14.917CountryItalyRegionMoliseProvinceCampobasso (CB)Government • MayorMario
BellottiArea[1] • Total100.95 km2 (38.98 sq mi)Elevation369 m
(1,211 ft)Population (30 November 2017)[2] • Total5,244 • Density52/km2
(130/sq mi)Demonym(s)GuglionesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2
(CEST)Postal code86034Dialing code0875Patron saintSt. Adamus the AbbotSaint day3
JuneWebsiteOfficial website
Guglionesi (Italian: [ɡuʎʎoˈneːsi, -eːzi]; local dialect: Ujuniše [ujəˈniːʒə] or
Uiniše [wi.əˈniːʒə]) is a town and comune in Molise, southern Italy, about 50
kilometres (31 mi) from Campobasso.

Contents

1 History
2 Transportation
3 Sister cities
4 References
5 External links

History[edit]
Founded in the 5th century BC, at the time it was known as Uscosium or Usconium and
together with Pescara, Ortona, Lanciano, Vasto and Larino, it was one of the most
important centers of the Frentani, an Italic people that was part of the Samnites
confederations.
Thanks to its strategic position along the Via Frentana-Traiana, Usconium became,
towards the end of the Republican Era, a municipium, reaching a population of some
25,000 inhabitants.
Usconium was located between Monte Antico and Monte Capraro, where Guglionesi is
now found. Its inhabitants depended on the nearby Pagus Collis Nisii or Collenisyus
("Hill of Bacchus"), a hill fort in which they sheltered after the town's
destruction by the Goths.
In 412 AD, Colleniso became New Usconium and was encircled by protective walls in
the Longobardo period. After that, the most important fortification was raised in
the 9th century, when Robert Guiscard took hold of the city. In that period
eighteen watchtowers and two castles were erected. The first castle (named "of
head" because it was in a higher position than the others, subsequently called "of
foot") was located along Via Capitano Verri, where its ruins can still be seen
today. The second castle is in Castellara. After the destruction of the second
castle, the Convent of the Cappuccini was constructed upon what was left of the
castle foundations.
In t801 AD, Colleniso was submitted to the Duke of Spoleto, and endured various
incursions by Saracen raiders. In the 1137 AD. it endured pillage from Lotarius,
emperor of the Roman Empire. In 1315 King Robert of Anjou gave Collenisio to his
brother Peter, Count of Gravina, and at his death, his daughter Agnese inherited
the city. In 1340 she founded the Certosa of Saint Giovanni Battista, also known as
Porta del Paradiso (The Heaven’s door) where the Hermitage of Saint John is now
found. During this time the city was repeatedly invaded; its name was also changed
from Colleniso to Guillonisi.
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. The French entered
Guillonisi (only by the betrayal of the guards of the Frentan door) and plundered
the entire village, demolished the two castles and the towers and killed or raped
most of the people. Another invasion occurred in the 16th century by the Turks, who
set fire, among other things, to the church of Saint Maria Maggiore, and
consequently the relics of St. Adam housed in the church were destroyed and lost.

Transportation[edit]
Guglionesi was served by a railway station, the Guglionesi-Portocannone railway
station on the Termoli-Campobasso and Termoli–Venafro line, but the station has
been closed for a few years and does not have passenger service.
Nowadays there are a lot of pulman to Termoli, to the industrial zone, to
Castelmauro or Campobasso.

Sister cities[edit]
Herceg Novi, Montenegro
References[edit]

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian

National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

External links[edit]
Official website
Guglionesi On The Web (in Italian)
Photo Gallery (in Italian)
vteMolise · Comuni of the Province of Campobasso
Acquaviva Collecroce
Baranello
Bojano
Bonefro
Busso
Campobasso
Campochiaro
Campodipietra
Campolieto
Campomarino
Casacalenda
Casalciprano
Castelbottaccio
Castellino del Biferno
Castelmauro
Castropignano
Cercemaggiore
Cercepiccola
Civitacampomarano
Colle d'Anchise
Colletorto
Duronia
Ferrazzano
Fossalto
Gambatesa
Gildone
Guardialfiera
Guardiaregia
Guglionesi
Jelsi
Larino
Limosano
Lucito
Lupara
Macchia Valfortore
Mafalda
Matrice
Mirabello Sannitico
Molise
Monacilioni
Montagano
Montecilfone
Montefalcone nel Sannio
Montelongo
Montemitro
Montenero di Bisaccia
Montorio nei Frentani
Morrone del Sannio
Oratino
Palata
Petacciato
Petrella Tifernina
Pietracatella
Pietracupa
Portocannone
Provvidenti
Riccia
Ripabottoni
Ripalimosani
Roccavivara
Rotello
Salcito
San Biase
San Felice del Molise
San Giacomo degli Schiavoni
San Giovanni in Galdo
San Giuliano del Sannio
San Giuliano di Puglia
San Martino in Pensilis
San Massimo
San Polo Matese
Sant'Angelo Limosano
Sant'Elia a Pianisi
Santa Croce di Magliano
Sepino
Spinete
Tavenna
Termoli
Torella del Sannio
Toro
Trivento
Tufara
Ururi
Vinchiaturo

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