CAMPOBASSO, a city of Molise (see ABRUZZI E MOLISE), Italy, the capital of the province of Campobasso, 172m. E.S.E. of Rome by rail, situated a,13 eft. above sea-level. Pop. (1931) town 59,785; commune 27,402. The town itself has some fine modern edifices and a museum of Samnite antiquities. Its chief industry is the manufacture of arms and cutlery. Above the town are the picturesque ruins of a castle of 1458. The town, with the territory surrounding it, was under the feudal rule of counts until