
Molise is the youngest Italian region, since
it was established in 1963, when the region "Abruzzi e
Molise" was split into two regions, which, however, still today
maintain a common identity both geographically and in their historical
and traditional heritage. The region is administratively divided into
two Provinces, Campobasso, the regional capital, and Isernia, and
comprises 136 municipalities, most of them very small, but each unique
and worth seeing. Molise is mostly mountainous and the economy, in the
past centuries highly dependent on the transit of shepherds and their
flocks from Abruzzo to Apulia, still relies heavily on agriculture and
livestock raising, though food and garment industries are undergoing a
remarkable development.