Info
Altitude: 145 m a.s.l
-- Distance from Pescara:19 km
-- Population: ca. 8000 inhabitants
-- Zip code: 65012
-- Phone Area Code: 085
-- How to reach it: by road: s.n. 602 da Pescara; highway: A25 uscita Chieti
History
Archeological findings showed the presence of a Roman settlement in the area: there are remains of a wall built in the Roman technique of the opus reticolarum, in the vicinity of the parish church. In the Middle Ages it was a fiefdom first of the Ventignano dukes, and passed as a heritage to the Valignani family.
Sights & Excursions
- The 15th-century Valignani Tower also called "Alex" and the castle
- The Marquis Palace
- The church of Saints Lucia and Rocco
- The church of San Martino
- In the area called Cantò or Cantù prehistoric remains dated to the lower Paleolithic
Events & Festivities
- 15-16 July: Festivity of the Madonna del Carmine
- Luglio: Festival of bread, oil and tomato
- 6 August: Festivity of San Donato
- 13-16 Agosto: Patron feast for Saints Rocco and Lucia, with a parade of wagons and a medieval reenactement called "Palio dei Saraceni"
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