MoliseMolise, the youngest Italian region (until 1963 it was part of Abruzzo), lies in central-southern Italy on the Adriatic coastline of the peninsula. As regards area and population, it is the penultimate of the Italian regions, larger only than Val d'Aosta; lying to the northeast on the Adriatic, it borders with Abruzzo to the north, with Latium to the west, with Campania to the south and with Puglia to the south-east. Its borders are mostly artificial, due mainly to complex feudal and administrative events: natural limits are the Trigno and the Fortore rivers. The regional territory is nearly all mountainous (55% of the surface area) or hilly, with limited flat ground in the lower valleys and along the Adriatic coast; the Apennines divide Molise into isolated mountains and an array of hills, which stretch within a few kilometers of the coast, making communications difficult and creating a state of isolation.Cities in the RegionOratino |
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