Caciocavallo hanging above Via Roma in Agnone

Vintage postcard collage titled 'Greetings from Agnone, Italy' featuring key landmarks of Agnone (Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate, Chiesa di San Francesco, Museo del Rame, Palazzo del Governatore) and valley view.

Agnone sits high in Alto Molise, around 830 meters up, where the Verrino valley falls away and the air turns sharp after lunch. Most guidebooks lead with bells. Fair enough — the Marinelli foundry has poured bronze here for centuries. What stopped me first was cheese: pear-shaped caciocavallo tied in pairs and hung to age, … Read more