Vastogirardi
Prebreakfast drive to a Samnite temple - cafe at the local bar - where another reference to Padre Pio was found. This is his territory, he'd better become a saint or there will be an uprising of the populace.
In a bucolic meadow with a gurgling spring and stream is a temple from 1st c b.c. It was built by the Samnites, whose gods were Greek. The Romans had defeated them in the 1st Punic War, when Hannibal roamed the land and damaged many of the earlier structures. Coins and votive offereings were found at the sight, now in local museum - but they are unsure whether the temple was to Diana or Hercules.
A corner of the pentagonal castello, 12 c. atop the town .
Padre Pio on guard in corner of the portal.
But he has not displaced The Madonna
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