CAMPOBASSO, a city of Italy, the capital of the province Molise, 53 miles N.E. of Naples. It is situated on the ascent of a high mountain, around which it forms a kind of amphitheatre. It is fortified, and contains two churches, with 7660 inhabitants, who are employed chiefly in making cutlery ware. It is in a fertile district, and has a considerable export trade in corn.