Roseto Valfortore

Emigrants from this stone hill town in the Daunian Mountains reached Pennsylvania in the 1880s to work the slate quarries, and there founded a new Roseto. The original stands at 658 metres above the upper Fortore valley; its sandstone was once exported, and faces the 15th-century cathedral front of Ariano Irpino. Black truffles and honey come from the surrounding Vetruscelli woods.

Highlights

• Bosco Vetruscelli, the largest natural woodland in the Monte Cornacchia area
• Black truffle, acacia honey and truffle honey from the local woods
• Old stone churches: Santa Maria Assunta, San Nicola and the Consolazione chapel
• The link with Roseto, Pennsylvania, founded by the village's emigrants

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Roseto Valfortore (IT), Roseto Valfortore (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.