Space · Neighbourhood or village
Castel del Giudice
Castel del Giudice (Isernia) · Molise · Italy
Civic labs and participationCommons and belongingCivic food2000
A small mountain municipality in the Alto Molise that in the early 2000s launched, under mayor Lino Gentile, a regeneration model based on a combination of public and private investment and cooperation with the owners of abandoned land. It converted former hay barns into the albergo diffuso Borgotufi and reclaimed forty hectares for the organic cultivation of heirloom apples through the cooperativa di comunità Melise. In 2025 the municipality signed a new patto di comunità to extend the process for two more years.
- Led by
- Castel del Giudice town council, with local owners and community cooperatives
- Status
- Active
- Participation
- Co-governed
- Visitable
- Borgotufi (lodging) and the Melise farms can be visited, plus the apple festival
- Website
- www.borgotufi.it ↗
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 September 2026
Verification
Partially verified
This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.
- Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Castel del Giudice doveva scomparire, e invece è un borgo rinato ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Non Sprecare
- Castel del Giudice, firmato il Patto di Comunità: due anni di rigenerazione nel cuore dell'Appennino molisano ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Molise Tabloid