Mirabella Eclano
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History & archaeologyAeclanum
Mirabella Eclano (AV)
Along the old Via Appia, between the Calore and Ufita valleys, the walls, baths and circular market of a Samnite and Roman town hold out against the tall grass.
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Mirabella Eclano e il Carro
Mirabella Eclano (AV)
On the third Saturday of September a 25-metre straw obelisk is dragged by oxen in honour of the Madonna Addolorata: UNESCO heritage as a shoulder-borne procession machine, and one of the most archaic spectacles to be seen in Italy.