# 85 November 21 st 2016 the memory of the beautiful renaissance portal and the marble inlays of antependium that decorates the baroque altar . In the square on which overlooks the church , is located the fountain dedicated to summer , a copy of the sculpture that the French Le Mathurin Moreau presented to the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1855 . Aluminum Frames and flooring to queue of Pavone does not do justice to the village , which can do much more to promote its type “ winding total ” , the compactness , namely , that of its urban core within the ancient walls .
LOCAL PRODUCT City of the oil , stove and surrounded by olive trees and produces a fruity oil and light . A mill at the entrance of the village is a cooperative marketing testify to the importance of this product for the local economy . In the territory you will also find truffles , as in other areas of the Molise . Finally , there are cultivated legumes endangered along the river di Vandra .
LOCAL DISHES It begins - strictly in dialect - with taccunell and fasciuel ( a paste without eggs , cut into squares , seasoned with sautéed in olive oil , garlic and beans ), then sciurc Coccia ( zucchini flowers in batterfried ) and then r ’ suffritt ( entrails or offal fried lamb with potatoes and peppers ) or casc ’ and ova ( liver kid with eggs and cheese ). It closes with the sweet , which is different for every season : a carnival the cioffe ( flakes of pastry fried ), at Easter the pastiera ( tart rice cooked in milk ) and r ’ sciaiun ( calzones stuffed with various types of cheeses and vegetables ), at Christmas the cerchiata
( balls of sweet pastry with honey ) and “ r sciusc ” ( bread dough and potatoes , fried and sprinkled with sugar ).
THE NAME The assumption most accredited and is that the castle of the X century mentioned with the name of Bantra in Chronicon Vulturnense and di Vandra in subsequent documents , has changed its name to cooking stove in the XI century and Stoves around in the middle of the XVIII . THE etymology is to connect to the presence in the territory of furnaces for bricks and tiles or ovens for the processing of metals .
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