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Located in the heart of the historic center, this mural dedicated to hot air balloons celebrates one of Fragneto Monforte's most recognizable features: the famous International Hot Air Balloon Festival, which has colored the Sannio skies every autumn since 1987. The work depicts children, light figures, and hot air balloons flying over stylized hills, evoking the sense of wonder and freedom that characterizes the gathering.

The Ducal Palace of Fragneto Monforte is the village's iconic building, the former residence of the Montalto family, who ruled the area for centuries. The current structure dates largely to the 18th century and retains elegant rooms, internal courtyards, and panoramic views of the valley. The palace is linked to the legend of the painting of the Madonna della Rondinella, which miraculously remained intact despite fires and historical events.

Founded in the 7th century by the Lombards, the Benevento Cathedral reached its zenith in the 12th-13th centuries when it was rebuilt in the Romanesque style and adorned with its famous bronze doors. Tragically, the cathedral was almost completely destroyed by Allied bombing in 1943, though its greatest treasure—the bronze doors—was saved. After the war, the cathedral was reconstructed in a modern Romanesque style and reconsecrated in 1965, becoming a powerful symbol of the city's resilience where visitors can still see the surviving original façade, the bell tower, and the rescued doors.

Landmark Roman gateway with carved stone reliefs, built around 114 A.D. in honor of Emperor Trajan.

A must-do stop for many road cyclists! Here, you can recharge your carbohydrate stores.

The Roman bridge is beautiful, again on the Calore river, a little further downstream.

The Cathedral of Benevento, now reborn, crumbled under the bombs of American planes which in 1943

The Apis Ox in the Benevento popular tradition does not represent an ideal of beauty, if to define a particularly ugly and ungainly woman it is said that: "Pare 'a vùfera 'e vasci'a Madonna" (It looks like the hoax that is down at the Madonna delle Grazie ).