Il New York Times inserisce il Molise tra le 52 mete da visitare nel 2020

La Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio del Molise il 9 gennaio ha divulgato la notizia:
“Il New York Times inserisce il Molise tra le 52 mete da visitare nel 2020. Tante le bellezze del patrimonio culturale citate dal quotidiano: l’area archeologica di Altilia, i tratturi e le attività transumanti, la ‘Ndocciata di Agnone e la Carrese di Ururi, il Castello Svevo di Termoli. Una notizia che dimostra l’importanza dell’attività di tutela e valorizzazione svolta quotidianamente dalla Soprintendenza.”

Ecco l’elenco delle 52 località prescelte e lo stralcio del testo originale in cui si parla del Molise:
“52 PLACES TO GO IN 2020
1.
Washington
2.
British Virgin Islands
3.
Rurrenabaque, Bolivia
4.
Greenland
5.
Kimberley Region, Australia
6.
Paso Robles, California
7.
Sicily
8.
Salzburg, Austria
9.
Tokyo
10.
Caesarea, Israel
11.
National Parks, China
12.
Lesotho
13.
Colorado Springs
14.
Krakow, Poland
15.
Jodhpur, India
16.
Western Sweden
17.
Egypt
18.
La Paz, Mexico
19.
Grand Isle, La.
20.
Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
21.
Jevnaker, Norway
22.
The Bahamas
23.
Kampot, Cambodia
24.
Christchurch, New Zealand
25.
Asturias, Spain
26.
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia
27.
Austin, Texas
28.
Sabah, Malaysia
29.
Churchill, Manitoba
30.
Uganda
31.
Paris
32.
Lake District, England
33.
Tajikistan
34.
Antakya, Turkey
35.
Leipzig, Germany
36.
Lima, Peru
37.
Molise, Italy
38.
Copenhagen
39.
Richmond, Va.
40.
Mount Kenya
41.
Minorca, Spain
42.
Oberammergau, Germany
43.
Plymouth, England
44.
Atlantic Forest, Brazil
45.
Belle-Île, France
46.
Val d’Aran, Spain
47.
Mongolia
48.
Juliana Trail, Slovenia
49.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
50.
Transylvanian Alps, Romania
51.
Urbino, Italy
52.
Glacier National Park and Whitefish, Mont.


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MOLISE, ITALY
If you’re in search of untrammeled,
traditional Italy, you’ve found it
Susan Wright for The New York Times

Never heard of Molise? Don’t be embarrassed. Even many Italians haven’t been to this region in south-central Italy. But those who make the pilgrimage have discovered one of the most spectacular parts of the country and its youngest region; it was part of Abruzzo-Molise until 1963. Among the draws: Roman settlements like Saepinum (a complex of baths and a forum that rival those in Italy’s capital, but without the crowds); a pristine coastline that includes towns like Termoli, overlooking the Adriatic, with a Swabian castle; and mountains like Campitello Matese, home to a wide network of slopes for skiers. Hikers will also want to explore the routes of transumanza, the centuries-old tracks, along which sheep and oxen were herded, from Abruzzo through Molise into Puglia in the colder months. The festivals here are essential to the region’s culture. In the Christmas season, during the Ndocciata festival, torches are lit in towns like Agnone; the Carrese festival in the spring features an oxcart race through Ururi. Ditch your car and view the landscapes by train. Called the Trans-Siberian of Italy because of its remote and spectacular route, it has carriages from the 1920s carrying passengers from Abruzzo’s Sulmona to Molise’s Isernia, past forests and mountain villages.

—ONDINE COHANE

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