Info
Altitude: 470 m a.s.l
-- Distance from Teramo: 36 km
-- Population: ca. 1100 inhabitants
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History
Called Bacucco until 1905, Arsita rose in the later Middle Ages around a fortified castle called Castello Bacucco, which belonged originally to the Count of Chieti, then to the monks of Montecassino and finally to the Casa d'Este. The village was sold in 1583 to Margaret of Austria Farnese
Sights & Excursions
- Castello Bacucco, (remains) in the uppermost part of the village.
- church of Santa Vittoria
- church of Santa Maria D'Aragona, with a fine Madonna con Bambino
- Di Francesco watermill, along the ancient "Sentiero dei Mulini" (mills' path)
- Inferno spaccato, a rock-climbing site with modern facilities
Events & Festivities
- 17 January Feast of Saint Antony, with a burlesque performance of the saint's temptations in the desert
- II Sunday in August Sagra "del Coatto", a traditional mutton course
- 08-09-10 Settembre Festa Patronale
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