The city is also surrounded by pine forests and wooded hills. Matera is a small town located in Puglia in southern Italy. The city is famous for its troglodyte houses, rock churches and historic ...

April 20, 2025 e55evu/Getty Images Old town of Pesche in Molise. Located along the Adriatic Coast in central southern Italy is the quasi-anonymous, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it region of Molise.

Molise is arguably Italy's last great frontier, with the country's second-oldest national park, small towns dating back thousands of years, and one of the world's largest fire rituals.