Guglionesi

Guglionesi (; local dialect: or ) is a town and comune in Molise, southern Italy, about from Campobasso.

Key facts

Italian comune.name: Guglionesi
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Guglionesi
Italian comune.native_name: /
Italian comune.image_skyline: Guglionesi.JPG
Italian comune.image_caption: View of Guglionesi
Italian comune.image_shield: Guglionesi-Stemma.png
Italian comune.region: Molise
Italian comune.province: Campobasso (CB)
Italian comune.mayor: Mario Bellotti
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 100.95
Italian comune.population_total: 5244
Italian comune.population_as_of: 30 November 2017

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Guglionesi (; local dialect: or ) is a town and comune in Molise, southern Italy, about from Campobasso.

== History == Founded in the 5th century BC, at the time it was known as Uscosium or Usconium and together with Pescara, Ortona, Lanciano, Vasto and Larino, it was one of the most important centers of the Frentani, an Italic people that was part of the Samnites confederations.