Imposing, majestic, wild: the Matese Massif rises vigorously behind the Roman town as a natural bulwark chosen to protect the plain and its inhabitants. These high mountains of karstic origin, among the most important reliefs of the southern Apennines, have extensive slopes covered by a luxuriant forest mantle that follows and defines the slopes while the steep peaks show the rocky nature of the mountains. The water draws the profiles, furrows the surface until it disappears between the gorges and the deep ravines, it nourishes the thick vegetation, the villages and the hamlets. This natural wealth has represented an indispensable resource for the local populations, a complex ecosystem that man has governed and managed by protecting its ecological importance and cultural value; a lasting anthropic action capable of maintaining the balance with the different animal and tree species despite the exploitation of the forest’s resources, useful for providing quality products necessary for the needs of the populations. The tall beech trees, the tenacious downy oaks, the robust turkey oaks, the generous chestnut trees and other tree species are the monumental part of an extraordinary ecosystem populated by sedentary and migratory wild animals, which find shelter, nourishment, and shade among the outstretched branches, deep roots and fragrant shrubs, animating the deep breath of the Matese forest with their presence.